Previously undisclosed records emerge
Sixty-one years after the assassination of U.S. President John F. Kennedy, the FBI has reportedly discovered 2,400 hidden records related to his killing. These documents had never been shared with the board responsible for reviewing and releasing JFK assassination files, according to Axios.
Trump’s order and the newly revealed files
This revelation follows an order from U.S. President Donald Trump, who had previously mandated the release of all JFK assassination records.
According to insiders, the existence of these concealed records was only disclosed to the White House on February 7, 2025, when Lora Shiao, the Director of National Intelligence, submitted the agency’s plan to declassify the assassination-related materials.
Why were these files kept secret?
The discovery raises questions about how such crucial records remained hidden for over six decades, despite ongoing scrutiny of Kennedy’s assassination.
Jefferson Morley, an expert on the JFK assassination and vice president of the Mary Ferrell Foundation, a major archive of assassination records, called the discovery “huge.”
“The FBI is finally saying, ‘Let’s respond to the president’s order,’ instead of keeping the secrecy going,” Morley remarked.
Could these files reveal a conspiracy?
The contents of these newly discovered records remain undisclosed, but experts suggest they could provide crucial insight into whether Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone or as part of a larger conspiracy.
Additionally, these files may be relevant to a 2022 lawsuit filed by the Mary Ferrell Foundation against the Biden administration, which alleged that federal agencies were withholding further assassination-related records.
The lawsuit claims that these concealed documents include jailhouse recordings of mobster Carlos Marcello, who allegedly boasted about his role in Kennedy’s assassination.
With these files now uncovered, historians and the public may finally get new answers about one of the most controversial events in American history.