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Biden delays the release of remaining JFK assassination records, citing the pandemic
Oct. 23, 2021 at 8:43 pm Updated Oct. 23, 2021 at 9:16 pm
By Vimal Patel
The New York Times
The pandemic has created backlogs for multiple federal agencies, resulting in pileups of visa applications, unprocessed Social Security benefits and backlogs in Food and Drug Administration inspections.
On Friday, the White House announced another administrative casualty: a delay in the release of a trove of records related to the assassination of former President John F. Kennedy.
The White House statement, signed by President Joe Biden, did not make clear exactly how the coronavirus had delayed the release of the records, which must be released to comply with a 1992 congressional act, but said that the national archivist had reported that the pandemic had a “significant impact on the agencies” that need to be consulted on redactions...