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President donald trumpThe executive order to declassify JFK’s files did not impress one of the 35th president’s descendants. Jack Schlossberg, grandson of former President John F. Kennedy, made his stance on the order clear in a post on X, saying there was “nothing heroic” about Trump’s latest move.
“Declassification is using JFK as a political prop, when he is not here to strike back,” Schlossberg wrote. “There’s nothing heroic about it.”
LEFT: JFK’s grandson Jack Schlossberg RIGHT: Trump holds up a signed executive order. (REUTERS/Reba Saldanha/Kevin Lamarque)
TRUMP SIGNS ORDER TO DECLASSIFY FILES ON THE ASSASSINATIONS OF JFK, RFK AND MLK
After signing the order, which included the declassification of files on the assassinations of JFK, his brother Robert F. Kennedy and civil rights icon Martin Luther King Jr.Trump told reporters that “everything will be revealed.”
RFK Jr., the late senator’s son and Trump’s HHS nominee, told reporters that the order was a “great move” by the president. He believes the move will bring “more transparency” and shows that Trump is “keeping his promise to have the government tell the truth to the American people about everything.” Kennedy has demanded answers about the murders of his father and uncle.
Trump on Thursday signed an order declassifying files related to the assassinations of Kennedy and civil rights icon King. (Getty Images)
“I have now determined that the continued redaction and withholding of information from records related to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy is not consistent with the public interest and the release of these records is long overdue,” Trump’s order says. .
The order gives officials just over two weeks (15 days) to give Trump a plan for “the full and complete disclosure of records” about the JFK assassination. Additionally, officials have 45 days to submit a plan regarding files related to the RFK and MLK Jr. assassinations.
King’s family reacted to the order in a statement, saying they “look forward to having the opportunity to review the files as a family prior to their public release.”
While Trump promised to release the JFK files during his first administration, there is still a wealth of undisclosed material that remains secret more than 60 years later.
Trump eventually agreed to block release of the files after pleas from the CIA and FBI. At the time, he said the threat to make the documents public was of “significant severity” and outweighed the “public interest.” In a recent appearance on “Hannity”, Trump said then-Secretary of State Mike Pompeo asked him not to release the documents, although he did not say whether Pompeo explained why the files should remain classified.
Fox News Digital’s Louis Casiano contributed to this report.
