JFK assassination files to be released TODAY: Tranche of documents about 1963 assassination will be made public by Biden administration - but some will remain sealed until next year The files will be released by the National Archives at noon on Wednesday They are among thousands that have been held back by the government since 1997, when a Congress review board completed its report Many - including Kennedy's family - have called for them to be made public Not all of the files will be released; the NSA is holding some back pending further review The secrecy has fueled conspiracy theories about JFK's assassination The President was killed in 1963 by Lee Harvey Oswald while riding in his motorcade in Dallas, Texas Oswald denied shooting JFK in his interviews with police; he was killed two days later while being transported by police by a nightclub owner who shot him Biden had promised to make the files public by October but he delayed, claiming COVID back logs stalled the release
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The files will be released at noon on Wednesday by the National Archives, after months of delays by Biden who had promised to make them public but then stalled, claiming COVID backlogs was the reason.
They are not expected to include any bombshells about the 1963 Dallas assassination, but will shed more light on what happened that day and the government's investigation into it.
The files were collected by a review board that was established by Congress in 1992. Their investigation was finalized in 1997 and they issued a report, but thousands of documents were held back by the government.
The Kennedy family is among those who have repeatedly called for the documents to be made public.
Earlier this year, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., JFK's nephew, fumed that some of the files would remain secret until next year.