NEW YORK (Reuters) — The United States National Archives has released thousands of pages of records related to Senator Robert F. Kennedy’s assassination, according to the agency’s website, in response to President Donald Trump’s order to publish previously classified information.
According to information posted on its website on Friday, the National Archives released over 10,000 pages of records related to the Kennedy assassination. The move is part of the Trump administration’s broader effort to declassify information about the assassinations of several high-profile Americans.
The agency previously released records from the 1963 assassination of then-President John F. Kennedy, who was killed several years before the senator, his brother.
“Lifting the veil on the RFK papers is a necessary step toward restoring trust in American government,” the senator’s son, U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., stated.
The health chief has previously stated that he believes his father was killed by multiple gunmen, which contradicts official accounts.
The Trump administration has also promised to declassify documents relating to the assassination of civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr.
The National Archives did not respond to a request for comment on when the King files would be released or whether additional files related to the Kennedy brothers’ assassinations would be released.
