U.S. Representatives Steve Cohen (TN-09) and Anna G. Eshoo (CA-18) released the following statement after the White House released just 1,500 documents related to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, leaving more than 10,000 documents either partially redacted or withheld entirely:
“Yesterday’s partial release of the remaining classified documents related to the JFK Assassination is woefully insufficient. The executive branch continues to withhold important information from the American people about one of the most consequential events of the twentieth century. Further, it continues to ignore Congress, which passed the JFK Records Collection Act in 1992 to require the full release of these documents, subject to limited exceptions, no later than 2017. As we stated earlier this year in our letter to President Biden, Democracy requires that decisions made by the government be open to public scrutiny. Having received no response to our previous correspondence, we renew our requests and continue to urge the Administration to release the remaining documents to restore public trust and promote transparency. Only by unsealing these records can our country live up to its ideals as an open society and resolve this painful moment in American history.”
In November, Representatives Cohen and Eshoo led a letter urging President Biden to declassify and make public all remaining classified documents related to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, pursuant to the President John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992.
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