Report: FBI finds over 2,000 documents related to JFK assassination

The FBI has reportedly found about 2,400 documents related to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, which were never submitted to the board meant to review all documents relevant to the case, according to a report today (Monday) by Axios.

The discovery came following President Donald Trump's executive order to review and then release any and all documents related to the assassination of President John Kennedy, his brother Robert Kennedy, and the civil rights hero Martin Luther King, Jr., all of whom were murdered in the same decade.

The sources who reported this to Axios said that the White House was informed of this discovery on Friday and that they had not personally seen the documents, as many of these documents are highly classified.

The US government and especially its intelligence agencies have long resisted releasing all the documentation related to these incidents, citing fears of enemy countries learning America's sources and methods for intelligence gathering, as well as perhaps unfairly implicating American government agents in any of the three murders.

Experts speaking to Axios said that it is unlikely that these new documents will shed light on whether Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone or in concert with anyone in killing President Kennedy. However, it may shed light on Oswald's connections to various groups.

The White House is determined to see all documents get released so Americans know "the truth" about the matter without any more stonewalling, and a number of administration sources speaking to Axios said that this sudden discovery may lead to all the documents simply being declassified at once and being put online.

The murder of President Kennedy has been the subject of multiple conspiracy theories, discussed or hinted at in movies such as Oliver Stone's JFK, Clint Eastwood's In the Line of Fire, or the movie The Rock, in which an FBI agent discovers secret files which reveal his "true killer."