Trump releases new files on RFK assassination 

The Trump medication announced Friday that it has begun to merchandise thousands of pages of classified documents connected Democratic Sen. Robert F. Kennedy’s 1968 assassination — a determination that is astir definite to substance renewed speculation astir a pivotal infinitesimal successful Los Angeles and U.S. history.

President Trump’s merchandise of the files is backed by the senator’s son, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who has agelong believed determination whitethorn person been a 2nd gunman, and insisted his father’s convicted assassin, Sirhan Sirhan, mightiness not person fired the fatal shots.

“Lifting the veil connected the RFK papers is simply a indispensable measurement toward restoring spot successful American government,” Kennedy said successful a statement. “I commend President Trump for his courageousness and his committedness to transparency. I’m grateful besides to Tulsi Gabbard for her dogged efforts to basal retired and declassify these documents.”

Robert F. Kennedy was assassinated soon aft midnight connected June 5, 1968, astatine the Ambassador Hotel successful Los Angeles aft celebrating his triumph successful the California statesmanlike primary.

Soon aft the killing, which was captured by tv cameras and broadcast astir the world, Sirhan, a 24-year-old Palestinian immigrant, was arrested.

Sirhan was captured astatine the country with a .22-caliber handgun successful his hand. He had besides written a manifesto calling for Kennedy’s death.

“Kennedy indispensable beryllium assassinated June 5, 1968,” helium wrote.

The day marked the archetypal day of the Six-Day War betwixt Israel and its neighbors Egypt, Syria and Jordan. Israel won decisively, capturing a swath of territory including the Gaza Strip, West Bank and the Old City of Jerusalem.

But Sirhan’s weapon held lone 8 bullets and caller grounds has emerged implicit the years that suggests arsenic galore arsenic 13 shots whitethorn person been fired that night.

Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard said successful a connection that astir 10,000 pages of antecedently classified records connected the assassinations of Robert F. Kennedy and the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. “sat collecting particulate successful facilities crossed the national authorities for decades.” Now they person been scanned and uploaded by the National Archives, she said, and they volition beryllium disposable to presumption online, with constricted redactions for privateness reasons, astatine archives.gov/rfk.

“Nearly 60 years aft the tragic assassination of Senator Robert F. Kennedy, the American radical will, for the archetypal time, person the accidental to reappraisal the national government’s probe acknowledgment to the enactment of President Trump,” Gabbard said successful a statement. “My squad is honored that the President entrusted america to pb the declassification efforts and to radiance a long-overdue airy connected the truth. I widen my deepest acknowledgment for Bobby Kennedy and his families’ support.”

Trump pledged during the 2024 predetermination run that helium would afloat merchandise antecedently classified records connected the assassinations of President John F. Kennedy, Sen. Robert F. Kennedy , and the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. Days aft taking office, Trump signed an enforcement bid ordering the declassification of the records and past period his medication released a cache of unredacted classified documents related to the 1963 assassination of Kennedy.

The 10,000 pages of files released Friday connected Robert K. Kennedy is conscionable the archetypal batch of files related to his assassination.

The Office of the Director of National Intelligence said successful a quality merchandise Friday that agents discovered an further trove of 50,000 pages during searches of CIA and FBI warehouses for documents that had not been turned implicit to the National Archives. According to the office, agencies are moving to marque those documents disposable to the nationalist and volition proceed searching authorities facilities for much records.

This communicative volition beryllium updated.