RFK Jr. fumes as Biden admin withholds JFK assassination docs

Democratic presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. fumed as the Biden administration opted against the release of certain documents related to the 1963 John F. Kennedy assassination.

The administration issued a memo on Friday declaring that it would postpone releasing classified documents, citing national security concerns. The current Kennedy running for president questioned the merits of such an argument.

"The assassination was 60 years ago. What national security secrets could possibly be at risk? What are they hiding?" he tweeted. "Public trust in government is at an all-time low. Releasing these records would be a small but significant step toward regaining that trust."

"The White House announcement is unlawful. In 1992 the JFK Records Act was passed unanimously by Congress with the promise that all assassination related records would be released no later than October 2017," he continued. "This promise has broken once again with this midnight announcement."

He further excoriated the administration for using a "midnight Friday night announcement" to deliver the bad news that he would not release all the materials.

President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in 1963. Lee Harvey Oswald shot him while the late commander-in-chief rode in an open-top vehicle. He was subsequently arrested by Dallas Police and later killed by Jack Ruby.

Conspiracy theories related to the president's death have persisted for decades.

Kennedy Jr. is challenging President Joe Biden for the Democratic nomination in 2024.

Ben Whedon is an editor and reporter for Just the News. Follow him on Twitter.