Mary Ferrell Foundation Sues Biden Over JFK Files

Lawsuit cites White House and National Archives for failure to implement the JFK Records Act.

The Mary Ferrell Foundation, sponsor of the internet’s largest collection of JFK assassination documents, filed a lawsuit Wednesday against President Biden and the National Archives and Records Administration alleging they have failed to implement the 1992 JFK Records Act, which mandates disclosure of the government’s assassination related records.

The civil complaint, filed in federal court in San Francisco, charges the president and the archives have failed “to comply with their mandatory non-discretionary duties to ensure full and timely disclosure of all Assassination Records as required by the JFK Records Act.” This failure, the lawsuit goes on, “interferes with Plaintiff’s core mission to educate the public regarding the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.

“We want the courts to step in to enforce the spirit and the letter of a law that was passed unanimously by Congress,” said Rex Bradford, president of the foundation. “We want what the JFK Records Act calls for: a compl…