FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
ODNI News Release No. 11-25
May 7, 2025
DNI Gabbard Releases More Than 60,000 Additional Pages Related to Senator Robert F. Kennedy Assassination
WASHINGTON, D.C. - On April 18, 2025, Director of National Intelligence (DNI) Tulsi Gabbard released, for the first time, approximately 10,000 documents related to the assassination of Senator Robert F. Kennedy (RFK).
Today, an additional 60,000 files related to the assassination of RFK are now accessible online at archives.gov/rfk.
Unlike former President John F. Kennedy's assassination files — which were identified and released in accordance with federal law — all files related to the assassination of Senator Kennedy have been sitting in various storage facilities across the federal government for decades and had never been digitized or accessible to the public before.
Per President Trump’s Executive Order 14176, DNI Gabbard led the effort to digitize, declassify, and prepare all RFK assassination-related files for public release. The Office of the Director of National Intelligence worked with other agencies to search FBI and CIA warehouses for records not previously turned over to The National Archives, which resulted in the discovery of tens of thousands of additional documents related to the assassination of RFK, including the more than 60,000 pages made available online today.
Today’s release includes never-before-seen details about the FBI’s investigation into the assassination of RFK — including the discussion of potential leads by various FBI offices, internal FBI memos detailing the progress of the case, and more.
As was first uncovered in the initial tranche of 10,000 RFK files, there were rumors circulating on foreign soil that Senator Kennedy had been shot one month prior to his true assassination date. Today’s additional investigative materials corroborate this previously released information. Further, this release includes audio recordings of the Los Angeles Police Department’s (LAPD) interviews with Sirhan Sirhan, as well as recordings of interviews with eyewitnesses of the assassination.
Although some of the files were previously released by the LAPD or to individuals via Freedom of Information Act requests, this is the first time the American people will have the opportunity to review all publicly available documents about the assassination of RFK in one location. As agencies continue to search government facilities for additional files, the new documents will be uploaded alongside the previously released files at archives.gov/rfk to ensure all RFK assassination documents can be found in a centralized, searchable format.
The newly released files will be uploaded with minimal redactions for privacy reasons — including redactions for Social Security Numbers, Tax Identification Numbers, and grand jury information.
DNI Gabbard will post updates on X (@DNIGabbard) and Truth Social (@DNlTulsiGabbard) as more files are released. The files will also be available on the White House’s website at whitehouse.gov/rfk-files
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