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President Trump on Thursday signed an executive order to declassify files on the assassinations of former President John F. Kennedy and civil rights icon Martin Luther King Jr.
Trump had promised to declassify the previously classified documents during his 2024 campaign.
“Everything will be revealed,” Trump told reporters as he signed the order in the Oval Office of the White House.
During his first administration, Trump had promised publish all files related to John F. Kennedy, but a quantity of undisclosed material remains secret more than six decades after Kennedy was assassinated on November 22, 1963 in Dallas, Texas.
President John F. Kennedy (Getty)
After appeals from the CIA and FBI, Trump blocked the release of hundreds of records. Trump said at the time that the potential harm to U.S. national security, law enforcement or foreign affairs is “of such severity that it outweighs the public interest in immediate disclosure.”
Trump’s promise to also release pending documents related to King and former U.S. Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy leaves questions about how the president-elect will expedite the releases.
Under the Martin Luther King Jr. Records Collection Act, the remaining records belonging to King will not be released until 2027.
