Washington DC, March 19 -- The US government has released approximately 80,000 pages of previously classified records related to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, following an executive order by President Donald J Trump. The records were made available on Tuesday without redactions, said an official statement from the Office of the Director National Intelligence.

Trump had previously highlighted the need for transparency, stating that "the continued redaction and withholding of information from records pertaining to the assassination of JFK is not consistent with the public interest and the release of these records is long overdue." His Executive Order 14176 directed that all remaining records be fully released, as per the ...