CIA Publishes New RFK Assassination Documents

The CIA has released over 1,400 pages of previously classified documents related to the 1968 assassination of Senator Robert F. Kennedy, following an executive order by President Donald Trump. The new materials include psychological profiles and handwritten notes from Sirhan Sirhan, Kennedy’s convicted assassin, as well as records of emergency meetings among Palestinian groups after the assassination. The files also detail Kennedy’s voluntary cooperation with the CIA after a 1955 Soviet Union trip, highlighting his patriotic actions. This release brings the total number of declassified pages on the case to nearly 5,000. RFK Jr. praised the move as a step toward restoring public trust, though the documents do not significantly change the prevailing understanding of the assassination or confirm conspiracy theories. The documents are now accessible online via the CIA and National Archives websites.