2017: Senate Passes JFK Records Resolution Calling for Full Release

[Benjamin Cole]

[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 159 (Wednesday, October 4, 2017)]
[Senate]
[Pages S6322-S6323]


                         SUBMITTED RESOLUTIONS

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  SENATE RESOLUTION 281--URGING THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES TO 
 ALLOW FOR THE FULL PUBLIC RELEASE OF ALL REMAINING RECORDS PERTAINING 
TO THE ASSASSINATION OF PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY THAT ARE HELD BY THE 
 NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION AND TO REJECT ANY CLAIMS 
  FOR THE CONTINUED POSTPONEMENT OF THE FULL PUBLIC RELEASE OF THOSE 
                                RECORDS

 

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https://irp.fas.org/congress/2017_cr/jfk-release.html

 

Of course, we all know what followed.

President Trump unilaterally and illegally extended the deadline for full disclosure of the JFK Records.

Apparently, law and the will of Congress mean little, if anything. 

President Biden has doubled down on Trump, declaring the JFK Records secret in perpetuity, if determined so by the Executive Branch. 

So it goes....