U.S. Releases 10,000 Pages on RFK Assassination After Trump Order

Roughly 10,000 pages of long‑sealed documents on the 1968 murder of Senator Robert F. Kennedy were posted by the U.S. National Archives on Friday, part of President Donald Trump’s ongoing push to open historic case files. Among the trove are photos of Sirhan Sirhan’s handwritten notes—one envelope scrawl reads, “RFK must be disposed of like his brother was”—as well as FBI interviews with classmates, neighbors and co‑workers describing the gunman’s radical politics and fascination with mysticism.

Many pages were technically public before but had sat undigitized in federal storage; others had never been seen. Historians say the records add color but so far offer no smoking gun suggesting a wider conspiracy, mirroring last month’s release of unredacted John F. Kennedy files. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. praised the disclosure, calling it “a necessary step toward restoring trust in American government.”

The dump arrives as Sirhan, now 81 and serving life in a California prison, continues to seek parole—a request repeatedly rejected by state officials who say he still lacks insight into his crime. Trump’s transparency order also covers Martin Luther King Jr.’s 1968 assassination, meaning more historic releases are expected this year as federal agencies race to scan and redact remaining archives.