The Trump administration released over 10,000 files related to the assassination of Robert F. Kennedy.

In line with President Donald Trump’s signing of Executive Order 14176, Declassification of Records Concerning the Assassinations of President John F. Kennedy, Senator Robert F. Kennedy, and the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., on Jan. 23, Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard has begun releasing information on the three assassinations. Thousands of files were previously released on the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. On Friday, Gabbard released over 10,000 files on the 1968 assassination of his brother, Robert F. Kennedy.

Sen. Robert F. Kennedy told reporters, and the nation, that he is a candidate for his party’s presidential nomination on March 16, 1968, in Washington. (AP Photo)

“Nearly 60 years after the tragic assassination of Senator Robert F. Kennedy, the American people will, for the first time, have the opportunity to review the federal government’s investigation thanks to the leadership of President Trump. My team is honored that the president entrusted us to lead the declassification efforts and to shine a long-overdue light on the truth,” Gabbard said in a statement.

Robert F. Kennedy’s son, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., also greeted the news with praise for Trump.

“Lifting the veil on the RFK papers is a necessary step toward restoring trust in American government,” he said. “I commend President Trump for his courage and his commitment to transparency. I’m grateful also to Tulsi Gabbard for her dogged efforts to root out and declassify these documents.”

The files can be found here.

The files contained minimal redactions, with Gabbard and Kennedy Jr. saying the main information withheld was “Social Security Numbers and Tax Identification Numbers.”

Gabbard said the 50,000 other files are being prepared for public release.

In an interview with the Daily Wire, Gabbard said a team of 100 people was working “around the clock” to scan the tens of thousands of pages so they could be uploaded online.

After his brother’s assassination in 1963, Robert F. Kennedy became the most prominent member of the family. His charisma and liberal stances made him a favorite among Democrats, setting him up for a likely victory in the 1968 Democratic primary. He was shot at a campaign event on June 5, 1968, by Jordanian Palestinian Sirhan Sirhan, who targeted him over his support of Israel. Kennedy died the following day from his wounds.

Many have refused to accept the official story, arguing that a larger conspiracy was going on. Kennedy Jr. is one of these people. He wrote in a 2021 op-ed that Sirhan wasn’t the true assassin and that Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) should let him out on parole. He visited his father’s assassin in prison, where they had a long conversation. Newsom did not release Sirhan on parole.

Gabbard told the Daily Wire the files don’t contain bombshell revelations proving any conspiracy theories but that they do raise more questions.

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“People will find in the release today, there is no ‘smoking gun,’ but there are a lot of things that have not been previously known that really call into question what really happened — and who was behind it, which includes conversations that were happening in other countries, and messages that were going around about the assassination itself,” she said.

Conspiracy theories floated by skeptics include claims that the CIA was behind the assassination, that Sirhan was a brainwashed “Manchurian candidate,” or that a security guard actually killed him.



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