The files include chilling handwritten notesfrom convicted assassin Sirhan Sirhan, in which he repeatedly wrote variationsof “RFK must die” and “RFK must be disposed of like his brother was” — areference to President John F. Kennedy’s 1963 assassination. One note scrawledacross an envelope, described the act as an “unshakable obsession.”
Sirhan, a Palestinian immigrant, shot Kennedy onJune 5, 1968, moments after the senator delivered a victory speech followinghis win in the California Democratic primary. Sirhan was convicted offirst-degree murder and remains incarcerated in California.
In one account, Sirhan told a Black garbagecollector, who had expressed support for Kennedy, “Well, I don’t agree. I amplanning on shooting the son of a bitch,” shortly after Martin Luther KingJr.'s assassination in April 1968.
Sirhan’s legal team has long argued that heposes no threat to society. In 2021, a parole board deemed him eligible forrelease, but California Governor Gavin Newsom rejected the decision in 2022. Adifferent panel denied parole again in 2023, citing Sirhan’s continued lack ofinsight into his crime.
“Lifting the veil on the RFK papers is anecessary step toward restoring trust in American government,” Kennedy Jr. saidin a statement.
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