In spring 2018, then-President Donald Trump delayed the release of Kennedy assassination files for another 3 1/2 years – files the FBI and CIA had pleaded to keep under wraps.
The new deadline is Tuesday. But historians and conspiracy buffs will have to keep waiting, and some aren’t happy, including Kennedy kin.
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WATCH HERELate Friday, the White House issued a memorandum declaring the deadline will not be met because of delays related to COVID-19.
“Unfortunately, the pandemic has had a significant impact” on the National Archives and on assorted agencies and departments seeking to keep archivists from releasing some of their files, the memo reads. “Making these decisions is a matter that requires a professional, scholarly, and orderly process; not decisions or releases made in haste.”
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