President Trump signed an order in January to release the remaining records The National Archives on Tuesday released thousands of pages of declassified records related to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy in 1963. President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Jan. 23 directing the release of the remaining records, saying it was in the “public interest” to do so. On Monday Trump announced to reporters that the administration would begin releasing the records on Tuesday, prompting a scramble inside the Justice Department to free up attorneys to assist with the declassification process. President John F Kennedy, First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy, Texas Governor John Connally, and others smile at the crowds lining their motorcade route in Dallas, Texas, Nov. 22, 1963. Bettmann Archive/Getty Images Congress voted in 1992