5Photo© hindustantimes.comTrump declassifies John F Kennedy, Martin Luther King Jr assassination files
President Donald Trump has ordered the release of thousands of classified governmental documents about the 1963 assassination of President John F. Kennedy, which has fueled conspiracy theories for decades.
The executive order Mr. Trump signed on Thursday (January 23, 2025) also aims to declassify the remaining federal records relating to the assassinations of Sen. Robert F. Kennedy and the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. The order is among a flurry of executive actions Mr. Trump has quickly taken the first week of his second term.
Speaking to reporters, Mr. Trump said, “everything will be revealed.”
Mr. Trump had promised during his reelection campaign to make public the last batches of still-classified documents surrounding President Kennedy’s assassination in Dallas, which has transfixed people for decades. Mr. Trump made a similar pledge during his first term, but ultimately bent to appeals from the CIA and FBI to withhold some documents.