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JFK files will be released ‘without redactions’, Trump says

John F Kennedy and wife Jackie Kennedy ride in a parade on March 27, 1963 in Washington. Photo: National Archive/Newsmakers

John F Kennedy and wife Jackie Kennedy ride in a parade on March 27, 1963 in Washington. Photo: National Archive/Newsmakers

Jamie Stengle

Today at 03:30

US president Donald Trump says files related to the 1963 assassination of president John F Kennedy will be released without any redactions, making good on a campaign promise.

Mr Trump told reporters that his administration will be releasing 80,000 files , though it is not clear how many of those are among the millions of pages of records that have already been made public.

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