WikiLeaks is offering a $100,000 “reward” for the “withheld” documents related to President John F. Kennedy’s assassination in 1963.
The group, known for publishing secret, and often stolen information, including emails from Democratic officials during the 2016 presidential election, advertised the bounty on Twitter Thursday evening.
WikiLeaks issues a $100,000 reward for the withheld JFK documents should they show violations of law, inefficiency, or administrative error. pic.twitter.com/SiQ6GUVNLz
— WikiLeaks (@wikileaks) October 27, 2017
A total of 3,100 of the remaining JFK files had been set to be publicly released on Thursday, to meet a deadline set by a law signed 25 years ago.
However, the Trump administration announced that it will be giving agencies an extra six months to review some of the documents.
Only about 2,800 records were released Thursday. Administration officials have said the CIA, FBI and other agencies were pressuring the administration to keep some of the secrets hidden from the public eye.
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, who has publicly vilified the CIA and FBI in the past, called the delay earlier in the day “inexcusable.”
The agencies have had literally 25 years to prepare for the scheduled release today. The delay is inexcusable. @realDonaldTrump
— Julian Assange ⌛ (@JulianAssange) October 26, 2017
