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The President assured that the latest release of JFK files would be a captivating read.

Many eager to examine the latest declassified documents on JFK’s assassination have been left somewhat underwhelmed.

On Monday, March 17, President Donald Trump announced the release of another 80,000 pages of material, but readers have described the reveal as anticlimactic.

The 78-year-old leader had promised the information would be “very interesting” and claimed that no details would be redacted.

Speaking at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C., Trump stated, “We have a tremendous amount of paper. You’ve got a lot of reading. I don’t believe we’re going to redact anything.”

“They’ve been waiting for that for decades. And I said during the campaign I’d release them, and I’m a man of my word…so tomorrow you have the JFK files.”

Yesterday came and went, and as promised, the declassified documents were released by the National Archives on the night of March 18.

Back in January, Trump pledged to make information public regarding three of the most significant assassinations in U.S. history—President John F. Kennedy, his brother Robert Kennedy, and Martin Luther King Jr.

Trump called the release a crucial step in “restoring transparency and accountability to government,” assuring Americans that “everything will be revealed.”

JFK’s assassination has fueled conspiracy theories for decades, with many doubting the official account.

The 35th U.S. President was shot in the head by Lee Harvey Oswald on November 22, 1963, while riding in an open-top car through Dallas, Texas.

Oswald was killed two days later by nightclub owner Jack Ruby, and many had hoped the newly released documents would shed fresh light on the historic event.

However, those who have browsed through the 80,000 pages of JFK files found them disappointing—describing them as difficult to read, faded, and lacking new revelations.

Despite Trump’s assurances that the release would be a compelling read, people have been voicing similar frustrations online.

One social media user wrote, “I’m quickly going through the JFK files to see if we got everything unredacted as promised. We have not.”

Another added: “Most of these documents were marked ‘safe’ for declassification YEARS ago. There is nothing here. Where are the ‘exempt’ and ‘excluded’ JFK files?”

A third wrote: “Today, the final 80,000 JFK assassination documents were supposed to be declassified. Instead, we got a pathetic trickle – just over 1,000 files, most of them already known, heavily redacted, or long marked for release.

“A smokescreen of transparency, carefully curated to reveal nothing of substance.”

Another person echoed the frustration, commenting, “I was told repeatedly these were going to be unredacted…”

However, some reactions were more positive, including from Republican Congresswoman Anna Paulina Luna, who played a key role in the task force responsible for declassifying the JFK files.

Luna took to X to share her excitement about reading a CIA IG report from whistleblowers, which allegedly claimed the agency withheld information from Congress regarding the assassination.

She suggested the details were hidden because “it implicated them,” adding, “We were given this as a tip, and there is actually a document we are currently tracking down.”

Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard also praised Trump’s decision to declassify the files, posting on social media:

“President Trump is ushering in a new era of maximum transparency. Today, per his direction, previously redacted JFK Assassination Files are being released to the public with no redactions.

“Promises made, promises kept.”

However, users quickly flooded her replies with examples of multiple redactions still present in the documents.

The files contain handwritten notes, typewritten reports, and photocopies, though historians don’t anticipate any groundbreaking revelations.

With 80,000 pages to sift through, opinions remain divided on whether the release holds significant value.