House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer and Rep. Anna Paulina Luna were two of the lawmakers pleased with the release of the Kennedy assassination files. (Getty Images)
Republicans were more enthusiastic in their praise, however, including House GOP Oversight Chairman James Comer, R-Ky. He also offered praise for Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, R-Fla., whom he tapped to lead a task force aimed at getting other critical government records declassified.
"President Trump has the most transparent administration in history. President Trump is more accessible to the American people than his predecessor and his administration is releasing critical information to the American people," Comer said.
Luna said, "By investigating the newly released JFK files, consulting experts, and tracking down surviving staff of various investigative committees, my task force will get to the bottom of this mystery and share our findings with the American people."
Trump speaks in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington on Friday, March 7, 2025. (Chris Kleponis/CNP/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
While a large share of the documents released are not new, nor do they appear to contain explosive new information, a significant number are presented without redactions for the first time – a long-awaited first step for history buffs and others who were invested in one of the defining tragedies of the 20th century.
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Trump signed an executive order directing the release of thousands of files related to Kennedy's assassination, as well as the assassinations of his brother, Robert F. Kennedy, and Martin Luther King Jr., soon after returning to the White House for his second term.
"That’s a big one. Lot of people are waiting for this a long, for years, for decades," the president said when he signed the order. He asked that the pen he used be given to Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
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