The long-sought-after records on the assassination of Senator Robert F. Kennedy are finally public, sparking renewed curiosity about one of America’s most disturbing political tragedies.
President Trump’s administration has released over 10,000 pages of classified documents on Robert F. Kennedy’s assassination.
The unprecedented records release includes Sirhan Sirhan’s chilling handwritten notes stating, “RFK must be disposed of like his brother was.”
The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration made the release public as part of President Trump’s broader commitment to transparency regarding high-profile political assassinations.
The documents include approximately 229 files previously not digitized and stored in secret federal government facilities, away from public scrutiny.
The release follows Trump’s earlier disclosure of unredacted files related to President John F. Kennedy’s 1963 assassination, showing a consistent pattern of bringing truth to the American people about their nation’s most traumatic historical events.
Trump administration releases 10,000 Robert F Kennedy files
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Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard praised the release, saying:
“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.”
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. praised Trump and Gabbard’s efforts to reveal these documents after decades of secrecy.
“Lifting the veil on the RFK papers is a necessary step toward restoring trust in American government,” Kennedy Jr. said, recognizing the importance of transparency for rebuilding public confidence in institutions.
The files revealed disturbing details about Sirhan Sirhan, who assassinated RFK on June 5, 1968, at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles after the senator won California’s Democrat presidential primary.
Interviews portray Sirhan as an impressionable man with strong political convictions, who even told a garbage collector of his plans to kill Kennedy shortly after Martin Luther King Jr.’s assassination.
While some redactions, including names and birth dates, remain in the documents, the release represents a major victory for transparency advocates.
Meanwhile, liberal California Governor Gavin Newsom has continued to block Sirhan’s release from prison, despite a parole board finding him suitable for parole in 2022.
The records paint a complex portrait of Kennedy, who served as U.S. Attorney General under his brother JFK and later as a U.S. Senator from New York.
Though celebrated by liberals for his commitment to human rights, Kennedy faced criticism for his late opposition to the Vietnam War and his strategic presidential campaign launch in 1968.
Ultimately, this historic release fulfills another Trump promise to lift the veil of secrecy that has shrouded American government operations for decades.
Patriotic Americans can take heart that their president continues to fight for truth and transparency, even when it involves painful chapters of the nation’s history that the Washington establishment would prefer to keep hidden from public view.
