The FBI has uncovered thousands of records connected to the assassination of former President John F. Kennedy as a result of President Donald Trumpβs executive order to release the files.
Axios first reported that the FBI released 2,400 records tied to the Nov. 22, 1963, assassination of Kennedy, which were not provided to the board that reviewed and disclosed the files.
When the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) submitted its plan to release the JFK files, it reportedly disclosed the existence of the records.
Fox News has confirmed with a person familiar with the records that the files were uncovered during the review.
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"In 2020, the FBI opened the Central Records Complex and began a multi-year effort to first ship and then electronically inventory and store closed case files from FBI field offices across the country," the FBI told Fox News. "The resulting, more comprehensive records inventory, coupled with the technologic advances in automating the FBI's record keeping processes, allows us to more quickly search and locate records.
"The FBI conducted a new records search pursuant to President Trump's Executive Order issued on January 23, 2025, regarding the declassification of the assassination files of JFK, RFK, and MLK. The search resulted in approximately 2400 newly inventoried and digitized records that were previously unrecognized as related to the JFK assassination case file," the agency added. "The FBI has made the appropriate notifications of the newly discovered documents and is working to transfer them to the National Archives and Records Administration for inclusion in the ongoing declassification process."
Last month, Trump signed an executive order to declassify files on the assassinations of Kennedy, his brother Robert F. Kennedy and civil rights icon Martin Luther King, Jr.Β
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"Everything will be revealed," Trump told reporters as he signed the order in the Oval Office.
The executive order came after Trump had previously promised on the campaign trail to declassify the documents upon entering his second term, saying at the time, "When I return to the White House, I will declassify and unseal all JFK assassination-related documents. Itβs been 60 years, time for the American people to know the truth."
Trump had initially promised to release the last batch of documents during his first term, but such efforts ultimately dissipated. Trump then blocked the release of hundreds of records on the assassination following several CIA and FBI appeals.
"I have no choice," Trump said in a memo, where he cited "potentially irreversible harm" to national security if he allowed the records to be released. Trump said at the time the potential harm to U.S. national security, law enforcement or foreign affairs is "of such gravity that it outweighs the public interest in immediate disclosure."
Fox News Digital's Haley Chi-Sing contributed to this report.
The Secret Service is investigating after a Florida man was arrested in West Palm Beach and charged with calling for the assassination of President Donald Trump on Facebook.
Shannon Depararro Atkins, 46, of West Palm Beach, was arrested after allegedly threatening the life of the president, West Palm Beach Interim Police Chief Tony Araujo confirmed during a press conference Saturday.
Atkins is charged with felony intimidation, drug possession and smuggling contraband in a county detention center, according to jail records.Β
A tip was called in to the FBI National Threat Operations Center late Sunday, reporting Atkins was making violent threats against the president on Facebook.
A Palm Beach detective began working the case Monday and found "disturbing" posts, according to Araujo.
Some of the posts included, "Lincoln, JFK, Reagan, Martin Luther King and Trump - unfortunately, one is still alive"; "Bullets, please. Jesus, save America"; and "I've been banned from X because I said 'I hope and pray someone kills him. We haven't had an assassination in years.'"
The department secured a probable cause warrant and began surveillance, arresting Atkins near one of his homes at 7:30 p.m. Friday.
Officers found three bags of cocaine in Atkins' pocket at the time of the arrest, according to Araujo.Β
While being interviewed, he admitted to writing the Facebook posts but said he was joking, authorities said.
"Folks, this is not a joke. Nothing of that sort is a joke," Araujo said during the press conference.
The threats came after two assassination attempts on Trump in July and September.
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The Secret Service was notified and is reviewing the case to determine whether there will be federal charges, the department said.
"The U.S. Secret Service does not comment on matters involving protective intelligence," the agency wrote in an email to Fox News Digital Saturday. "What we can say is that the Secret Service investigates all threats against our protectees."
Authorities confirmed the FBI was also involved in the investigation.
Araujo said, in today's climate, people cannot make threats, even jokingly.
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"We have incident after incident, example after example, of when these threats become real, and we take these very seriously," he said. "Did we avert something? You never know. I do know that we developed probable cause, we arrested Mr. Atkins and he's going to have to answer the charges."
Atkins' bond was set at $5,000 for the drug charges, but bond was denied for the threats against Trump, according to jail records.
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