President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Thursday to declassify files related to the assassinations of John F. Kennedy, Robert F. Kennedy, and Dr. Martin Luther King. The order requires the Director of National Intelligence and Attorney General to present a plan for the 'full and complete' release of records within 15 days for JFK and 45 days for RFK and MLK. Trump has long vowed to make this information public, previously releasing a trove of documents related to JFK's assassination in 2017.
The documents will not be immediately made available, though.President Donald Trump signs executive orders in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Jan. 23, 2025.signed an executive order on Thursday to declassify files related to the assassinations of John F. Kennedy, Robert F. Kennedy and Dr. Martin Luther King.
Trump has long vowed to make the information public. He released a trove of documents in 2017 related to the 1963 killing of John F. Kennedy but left some of it redacted based on recommendations from the CIA and FBI. "And although no Act of Congress directs the release of information pertaining to the assassinations of Senator Robert F. Kennedy and the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., I have determined that the release of all records in the Federal Government's possession pertaining to each of those assassinations is also in the public interest," the order states.
At the time, the National Archives said more than 97% of records in the collection, which contain more than 5 million pages, were publicly available. The CIA also said that 95% of its collection had been released, and that no documents remained entirely redacted.
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