Trump Orders Plan for Release of JFK Assassination Records

Trump also ordered the release of files on the assassinations of Robert F. Kennedy and the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.
Trump Orders Plan for Release of JFK Assassination Records
President Donald Trump signs an executive order to declassify files on the assassinations of President John F. Kennedy, Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy, and civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr., in the Oval Office of the White House on Jan. 23, 2025. Roberto Schmidt/AFP via Getty Images
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President Donald Trump on Thursday ordered plans to be drafted for the release of records related to the assassinations of President John F. Kennedy (JFK), Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy (RFK), and the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.

The president signed an executive order on Jan. 23 directing the director of national intelligence and the attorney general to prepare a plan in 15 days for the “full and complete release” of the JFK assassination files. The deadline for the plans for the RFK and King files is 45 days.
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