Trump Orders JFK, RFK, MLK Assassination Documents Released
- Officials to present Trump declassification plan in 15 days
- President backed away from pledge for release in first term
Donald Trump signs executive orders in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on Jan. 20.
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President Donald Trump signed an executive order he said would declassify documents related to the assassinations of US President John F. Kennedy, Senator Robert Kennedy and civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr.
Trump had promised to release the documents during his first term in office, but ultimately relented to requests from the intelligence community to keep much of the classified material under wraps. But the president reiterated his pledge during the most recent presidential campaign.