Robert F. Kennedy 'must be killed like JFK': exempt files reveal Assassin's 'Obsession' | Controversy explains | Today news

Former Senator Robert F. Kennedy was fatally shot at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles on June 5, 1968 after a speech in celebration of his victory in the California Presidential Primary School. He died of injuries on June 6. His assassin, Sirhan Sirhan, was convicted of first -degree murder and served lives in prison. He recognized “Obsession” of the RFK murder, unveiled 10,000 pages released by the Trump administration on Friday through the Trump administration, related to the murder of Robert F. Kennedy. Many of the files were made official earlier, while others were not digitized and placed in the federal government facilities for decades. Their release continued the revelation of historical investigative documents in January. The US National Archives and Record Administration has posted about 229 files containing the pages on its website. What does Robert F. Kennedy files reveal? The RFC files contain photos of handwritten notes by Sirhan, the armed man, who said that the Democratic presidential candidate must be “rejected” and acknowledged an obsession with the death of him. According to the report, a search of Sirhan’s bedroom in Pasadena announced several handwritten notes, consisting of one written on May 18, 1968. ‘My determination to remove RFC becomes more an unwavering obsession. RFK must be disposed of like his brother, ‘one note read in the file. This note indicated to Kennedy’s older brother, former US President John F. Kennedy, who was killed in 1963. Sirhan told his garbage collector that he intended to kill Kennedy after Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.’s murder on April 4, 1968. The sanitation worker, a black man, said he would vote for Kennedy because he would help black people. “Well, I don’t agree. I intend to shoot the boy of a bitch, ‘Sirhan replied, informed the man investigators. Tulsi Gabbard on RFK files According to AP, the US director of the National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard said that the release of the RFK Files will “shine a long consideration on the truth”. “Nearly 60 years after the tragic assassination of Senator Robert F. Kennedy, for the first time, the American people will have the opportunity to review the federal government’s investigation thanks to the leadership of President Trump,” Gabbard said. (With input of agencies) first published: 19 Apr 2025, 01:12 IST