The following is a press release issued by the (U.S.) National Archives:

WASHINGTON, March 27, 2025 — On March 18, 2025 President Donald J. Trump declassified previously-classified records within the President John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection, following the issuance of Executive Order 14176 on January 23, 2025. 

In what was one of the largest single releases of records in U.S. history, the National Archives released and made available over 80,000 pages of previously classified records in under 24 hours. 

The National Archives staff worked with The White House and partner agencies across the federal government to coordinate the release of the records.

“Last week, the National Archives delivered transparency to the American people in the most high-profile project in the Agency’s recent history,” said Jim Byron, Senior Adviser to the Acting Archivist of the United States, who was appointed in February by President Trump to manage the Agency day-to-day. 

Byron continued: “The lion’s share of thanks goes to the archivists, archival technicians, and digitization and web teams for leaping into action to execute the mission of the National Archives.”

While digitization of the records and materials continues, most are available to access online at Archives.gov/JFK, and all are available in person at the National Archives in College Park, Maryland. Records are continuing to become available online as they are digitized. 

The efforts of the federal government to declassify and release these records have proven to be of tremendous interest. In the last eight days, these records have been the top downloaded files from any U.S. federally-hosted website, according to analytics.usa.gov. 

The President John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection consists of over six million pages of assassination-related records, photographs, motion pictures, sound recording, and artifacts. Digitization of the entire collection remains a top priority for the National Archives.