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27th October 2017
08:02am BST
In fact, this was on the tail-end of a ruling made back in 1992, when it was ruled by Congress that all assassination documents be released within 25 years. It is said that this decision came to be off the back of Oliver Stone's JFK movie in 1991, the public perception of an all-reaching conspiracy urging the government to take action. Now, essentially 25 years to day, they have been released.Subject to the receipt of further information, I will be allowing, as President, the long blocked and classified JFK FILES to be opened.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 21, 2017
However, some of those files are being kept classified, as Trump told White House staff that he had no choice but to keep them that way for the sake of national security. While the files were due to be released, Trump did maintain the power to block any or all of them on the grounds that making them public would harm intelligence or military operations, law enforcement or foreign relations. Trump stated that he will have the unreleased files further reviewed for the next six months. Larry Sabato, a historian at the University Of Virginia, announced what he perceived to be the reaction of the rest of the government to Trump's decision:The long anticipated release of the #JFKFiles will take place tomorrow. So interesting!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 25, 2017
54 yrs since #JFK assassination, 25 yrs since mandated release TODAY, and we’ll have to wait another 6 months to MAYBE see the good stuff.
— Larry Sabato (@LarrySabato) October 26, 2017
From left to right, Ds, Rs, & Inds are very unhappy w/ tonight’s #JFKfiles withhold. And people said Americans would never be united again.
— Larry Sabato (@LarrySabato) October 26, 2017
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