Washington (CNN) President Donald Trump extended the deadline for the public release of the John F. Kennedy assassination files to 2021 on Thursday, prolonging the infamously drawn-out disclosure around the shooting. Many of the documents released Thursday contain redactions, and they join the massive trove of Kennedy assassination records that already have been made public. Bush signed the JFK Assassination Records Collection Act, requiring the release of all records relevant to the assassination by the year 2017. CNN reported last October that Trump was "unhappy" with the incomplete release around the records deadline. As they began to sift through the newly released documents, researchers focused on the continued delays in the full disclosure of the records.

Source: CNN April 26, 2018 22:52 UTC