An executive order signed by President Donald Trump is ordering the release of classified documents surrounding the assassinations of President John F. Kennedy, Sen. Robert F. Kennedy and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Holding true to a campaign promise, President Donald Trump on Thursday ordered the release of the remaining classified documents surrounding the 1963 assassination of President John F. Kennedy in downtown Dallas .The executive order signed Thursday also orders the release of documents surrounding the assassinations of Sen. Robert F. Kennedy and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Instead, a few thousand documents were withheld during his first term. In 2018, the president said the remaining documents' potential to cause harm to national security, law enforcement or foreign affairs outweighed the public interest.Another batch of documents was released in 2021 by President Joe Biden. Documents were also released in 2022 and 2023.To date, more than 5 million pages of documents related to the assassination of Kennedy have been released by the national archives.
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