JFK files release: Trump calls classified documents 'so interesting'
The files were set to be released anyway, but Mr Trump could have delayed their release
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Your support makes all the difference.Classified files relating to a probe into the assassination of John F Kennedy will be released tomorrow, President Donald Trump has said.
In a tweet ahead of their much-anticipated publication, the President said the documents were "so interesting".
"The long anticipated release of the #JFKFiles will take place tomorrow," Mr Trump wrote. "So interesting!"
The final batch of the files detailing the investigation into the Kennedy assassination were already scheduled to be released as a result of a 1990s law, though Mr Trump could have delayed their release if he wanted to.
The files represent just one per cent of all the files in the total investigation. All of the other files have been released to the public, however some contained redacted material.
It's not clear what the files might contain, but some have speculated that there could be information detailing the methods and sources used by the CIA or FBI in Mexico City in the months before the assassination.
Kennedy's assassin, Lee Harvey Oswald, travelled to Mexico City in September of 1963, just two months before Kennedy was killed
The assassination of the American president represents one of the most intriguing events in modern history, and has sparked a range of conspiracy theories from individuals unwilling to accept that a lone gunman could fire three shots within eight seconds, killing the leader of the United States.
Oswald was named as the sole actor in the assassination by the Warren Commission, which first analysed the events, but others have disagreed. A Senate committee later found that the assassination may have been conducted as the result of a rogue intelligence agency staffer as a part of a conspiracy. Others have noted that the Cuban government had plenty of reason to attempt to take Kennedy's life, after repeated attempts by the US to kill former Cuban leader Fidel Castro.
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