President Trump signed an executive order Thursday declassifying files related to the assassinations of former President John F. Kennedy and civil rights icon Martin Luther King Jr.
Trump had promised to declassify previously classified documents during the 2024 campaign.
President Trump signed the executive order in the Oval Office of the White House and told reporters, “Everything will become clear.”
During his first government, Trump promised The goal is to release all files related to John F. Kennedy, but more than 60 years after Kennedy was murdered in Dallas, Texas, on November 22, 1963, there are still a large amount of undisclosed amounts. materials remain secret.
President John F. Kennedy (Getty)
After appeals from the CIA and FBI, President Trump blocked the release of hundreds of records. President Trump said at the time that the potential harm to U.S. national security, law enforcement, and foreign affairs was “severe enough to outweigh the public interest in immediate disclosure.”
President Trump has also promised to release unresolved documents related to Martin Luther King Jr. and former U.S. Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy, but questions remain about how the next president will speed up the release.
Under the Martin Luther King Jr. Records Collection Act, the remaining files on King will not be released until 2027.
