Trump Orders Release Of Assassination Files Of JFK, RFK, MLK

India-West News Desk

WASHINGTON, DC – Donald Trump on January 24 signed an executive order directing the declassification of records regarding the assassinations of President John F. Kennedy, Senator Robert F. Kennedy, and the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., stating it is time for the American people to know the “truth.”

The White House described the move as “providing Americans with the truth after six decades of secrecy.” The executive order establishes the policy that, more than 50 years after these assassinations, the victims’ families and the American people deserve transparency.

The order directs the Director of National Intelligence and other officials to present a plan within 15 days for the full release of all John F. Kennedy assassination records. It also mandates an immediate review of records related to the Robert F. Kennedy and Martin Luther King Jr. assassinations, with a plan for their release to be presented within 45 days.

During Trump’s first term, he initiated steps toward disclosing more information about the John F. Kennedy assassination. The President John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 required all related records to be released in 25 years, barring a presidential certification that continued secrecy was necessary due to identifiable harm to national interests.