BREAKING: JFK Assassination Files Released

The previously-redacted JFK assassination files have just dropped!

As President Trump promised, over 80K files have been released in full to the public.

Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard announced the release on X:

President Trump is ushering in a new era of maximum transparency. Today, per his direction, previously redacted JFK Assassination Files are being released to the public with no redactions. Promises made, promises kept. https://t.co/UnG1vkgxjX pic.twitter.com/XBbkQfz4Bx

— DNI Tulsi Gabbard (@DNIGabbard) March 18, 2025

Fox News reported:

80,000 pages of previously-unseen files related to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy were released Tuesday after President Donald Trump made the long-awaited announcement just one day earlier.

“So, people have been waiting for decades for this, and I’ve instructed my people… lots of different people, [director of national intelligence] Tulsi Gabbard, that they must be released tomorrow,” Trump said during a visit to the Kennedy Center in Washington.

“You got a lot of reading. I don’t believe we’re going to redact anything. I said, ‘just don’t redact, you can’t redact.'”

As of Tuesday night, over 1,123 unredacted documents – totaling roughly 80,000 pages – are visible on the National Archive’s website. The files can be viewed by clicking this link.

irector of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard commended Trump’s move in an X post on Tuesday, writing that the president “is ushering in a new era of maximum transparency.”

“Today, per his direction, previously redacted JFK Assassination Files are being released to the public with no redactions,” Gabbard wrote. “Promises made, promises kept.”

Gabbard also said that the previously-classified records were published “with no redactions.”

“Additional documents withheld under court seal or for grand jury secrecy, and records subject to section 6103 of the Internal Revenue Code, must be unsealed before release. NARA is working with the Department of Justice to expedite the unsealing of these records,” Gabbard said in a separate statement. “Grand juries from many years ago have already seen them, so most of this information is already out, but regardless of this, this information will be immediately released upon the direction of the Court.”

Notably, not all of the files have been released yet, but the National Archives said they will be as they continue to be transferred to digital format.

Per USA Today:

The documents were released just before 7 p.m.

The National Archives and Records Administration, the keeper of the documents, posted them with this statement:

“In accordance with President Donald Trump’s directive of March 17, 2025, all records previously withheld for classification that are part of the President John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection are released.”

The National Archives said it partnered with agencies across the federal government to comply with the President’s directive in support of Executive Order 14176. It said the records are available to access either online or in person, via hard copy or on analog media formats, at the National Archives at College Park, Maryland.

“As the records continue to be digitized, they will be posted to this page,” the National Archives said, suggesting that not all of the documents were being released on Tuesday in digital form.

The National Archives also said some information might still be withheld under court seal or for grand jury secrecy, and because some tax return information is subject to Internal Revenue Code prohibitions.

Still, this is a huge win for transparency.

JFK Files have officially been released

Another promise kept by Trump and something no other President has done for over 60 years

Thank you sir

Truly the most transparent administration of our lifetimes

— DC_Draino (@DC_Draino) March 18, 2025

There’s a lot to unpack here.

We’ll be sure to bring you updates as we go through the files in the coming hours and days.

You can also access the full files online to examine yourself by clicking right here.