Trump does not plan to block release of JFK assassination documents - theguardian

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Donald Trump does not plan to block the scheduled release of thousands of never publicly seen government documents related to the assassination of President John F Kennedy.

In a tweet on Saturday morning, Trump said: “Subject to the receipt of further information, I will be allowing, as president, the long blocked and classified JFK FILES to be opened.”

The National Archives has until Thursday to disclose the remaining files related to Kennedy’s 1963 assassination. The documents include more than 3,000 that have never been seen by the public and more than 30,000 that have been released with redactions.

Trump could block the release on the grounds that making the material public would harm intelligence, law enforcement, military operations or foreign relations.

A statement from the White House on Saturday said: “The president believes that these documents should be made available in the interests of full transparency unless agencies provide a compelling and clear national security or law enforcement justification otherwise.”

Kennedy, who was born 100 years ago, was shot dead as he rode in a motorcade in Dallas on 22 November 1963. He was the fourth US president to be assassinated, after Abraham Lincoln in 1865, James Garfield in 1881 and William McKinley in 1901. - Read More

Trump does not plan to block release of JFK assassination documents