Turns out Trump lied. According to CNN, only 2,800 records were released and Trump ordered the rest NOT to be released.
The excuse for this is downright dumb. According to the CNN article:
Trump will issue a memo to heads of intelligence agencies saying "the American public expects and deserves its government to produce as much access as possible to the John F. Kennedy assassination records."
"I am ordering today that the veil finally be lifted" on the records, the memo will say.
The President will also note that law enforcement and foreign affairs agencies have requested that certain records remain redacted. "I have no choice" but to keep those records under wraps, the memo will say.
In his memo, Trump will order intelligence agencies to re-review their reasons for keeping the records redacted, and to report back in 180 days.
So basically Trump is ordering to keep the JFK files secret, claiming his own people told him not to release them. But then he claims he is instructing those same agencies to re-review their reasons for keeping the records secret.
One would assume Trump is trying to look like a hero, claiming he was the one who made it possible for the documents to be released. In reality, Trump is the one who is ordering the documents to stay secret so he can have an excuse to say he was the one who released them.
So Trump lied and now he's trying to sell the American public a whole bunch of nothing.
UPDATE: On October 28 Trump Tweeted this:
After strict consultation with General Kelly, the CIA and other Agencies, I will be releasing ALL #JFKFiles other than the names and...
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 28, 2017
Which also makes Trump's original claim that "he" would release the JFK documents a lie, since censored documents are NOT the full documents.
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