Trump vows to release all JFK assassination files tomorrow
What's the story
US President Donald Trump has announced that he will release 80,000 pages of unredacted files about the assassination of President John F Kennedy on Tuesday.
During his visit to the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC, on Monday, Trump said, "People have been waiting for decades for this... I don't believe we're going to redact anything."
Trump had promised full transparency on the assassination of President John F Kennedy.
Full disclosure
Trump reiterates commitment to transparency
Trump has repeatedly vowed to make public the JFK assassination files, saying it's in the "national interest" to ensure transparency and closure on such a landmark American historical event.
"A lot of people are waiting for this for long, for years, for decades - and everything will be revealed."
His commitment is in line with his earlier executive order to declassify documents related to not just JFK's, but also Robert F Kennedy's and Martin Luther King's assassination.
Unanswered questions
JFK's assassination and conspiracy theories
President John F Kennedy was shot dead on November 22, 1963, as he rode in an open limousine next to First Lady Jackie Kennedy.
Though Lee Harvey Oswald was arrested for the crime, speculation of others'—including intelligence agencies'—involvement has kept conspiracy theories alive for decades.
Though most JFK assassination-related documents have been released through the years, thousands stay classified even after 60 years.
Trump's release of these files is a big step to fulfill his campaign promise of "full disclosure."