TRUMP SIGNS ORDER TO DECLASSIFY JFK, MLK, RFK ASSASSINATIONS
U.S. President Donald Trump has signed an order to declassify government files related to the assassinations of former President John F. Kennedy, Senator Robert Kennedy, and civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr.
Trump promised on the campaign trail to release classified intelligence and law enforcement files on the 1963 assassination of JFK, as America’s 35th president is widely known. He had made a similar promise during his 2017 to 2021 term, and he did release some documents related to JFK’s 1963 slaying. But he ultimately bowed to pressure from the Central Intelligence Agency and Federal Bureau of Investigation, and kept a significant chunk of documents under wraps, citing national security concerns.
The JFK assassination, in particular, is a source of enduring fascination in the United States. The murder has been attributed to a sole gunman, Lee Harvey Oswald, and the Justice Department and other federal government bodies have reaffirmed that conclusion in the intervening decades. But polls show many Americans believe his death was a result of a wider conspiracy.
Trump’s health and human services secretary-designate, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the son of Robert Kennedy and nephew of JFK, has said he believes the CIA was involved in his uncle’s death, an allegation the agency has described as baseless.
