Has Trump uncovered a “smoking weapon”? Here is what is new

After six decades of speculation, the final files associated with President John F. Kennedy's murder of 1963 were published, whereby a promise of the administration of US President Donald Trump was fulfilled. The not edited documents, part of a broader arrangement, also cover the murders of Robert F. Kennedy and Martin Luther King Jr. and marked a long -awaited “complete disclosure” that buzzed the conspiracy theorists and historians alike.

The US National Archives announced late Tuesday: “In accordance with the Directive of President Donald Trump, all previously attributed to President John F. Kennedy Assassination Records.” The publication comprises 1,123 new documents that a 60-year waiting time ended for answers to the shootout in Dallas, which shocked the world on November 22, 1963.

What is in the files?

Early reviews indicate that no shaken revelations. Tom Samoluk, former deputy director of the Assassination Records Review Board, told CNN: “If these are the files that we have examined for a long time – most of them have already been published with some editors – there is no smoke weapon here.” While the documents on the millions of pages that have already been released add, they seem to improve the knowledge of the Warren Commission from 1964 that Lee Harvey Oswald was alone. Oswald's murder by Jack Ruby Two days later has fueled endless theories from mafia diagrams to the Soviet or Cuban participation, which even implies the then President Lyndon B. Johnson.

Trump's command first teased with a promise to release “all” JFK files – including 80,000 non -edit pages – partial publications for years. The CIA and the FBI had kept thousands of documents under closure, citing national security, a step that only deepened public skepticism. Books, films like Oliver Stones 1991 JFKAnd documentaries have received the secret of life, many convinced the full truth that remains buried.

A wet squib or more come?

Historians will pores the files for months, but the first one is with Samoluk's view: no Game-Chang. The slow drop of disclosures over decades as a single, definitive dump has doubts instead of suppressing them. Trump's move, which was celebrated by some as transparency in action, attracted Flak from others, including JFKS grandchildren, who recently described it as “nothing hero”.

At the moment the files offer new details, but not a clear bomb. Regardless of whether you calm the conspiracy, whisper or shake it further, it remains to be seen.