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On June 5, 1968, Sen. Robert F. Kennedy was shot and mortally wounded after claiming victory in California's Democratic presidential primary at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles; assassin Sirhan Bishara Sirhan was arrested at the scene.

10,000 pages of records about Robert F. Kennedy's 1968 assassination are released, on Trump's order
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10,000 pages of records about Robert F. Kennedy's 1968 assassination are released, on Trump's order

  • By JOSH FUNK and HAYA PANJWANI Associated Press

About 10,000 pages of records related to the 1968 assassination of Sen. Robert F. Kennedy have been released, including a handwritten note by the gunman that said the Democrat "must be disposed of." The release continued the disclosure of national secrets ordered by President Donald Trump. Kennedy was fatally shot on June 5, 1968, at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles moments after giving a speech celebrating his victory in California's Democratic presidential primary. His assassin, Sirhan Sirhan, was convicted of first-degree murder and is serving life in prison. The files included pictures of handwritten notes by Sirhan.

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