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Domestic document declassification

Trump Orders Release of Assassination Records

Analysis based on 8 articles · First reported Jan 23, 2025 · Last updated Jan 24, 2025

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President Donald Trump has ordered the release of thousands of classified governmental documents concerning the 1963 assassination of John F. Kennedy, as well as records related to the assassinations of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Martin Luther King Jr. This executive order is part of a series of actions taken in the first week of his second term. Donald Trump had previously promised to release these documents during his reelection campaign and his first term, though he withheld some due to appeals from the United States — Central Intelligence Agency and United States — Federal Bureau of Investigation. The order directs the director of national intelligence and the attorney general to develop a plan for the release of these records within 15 to 45 days. While many researchers do not anticipate earth-shattering revelations, there is significant public interest in the details surrounding these historical events. Donald Trump has also nominated Robert F. Kennedy Jr., John F. Kennedy's nephew, to be his health secretary; Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has expressed doubts about the official account of his uncle's assassination.

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John F. Kennedy was the subject of one of the assassinations for which classified documents are being released. His assassination has fueled conspiracy theories for decades.
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Martin Luther King Jr. was the subject of one of the assassinations for which classified documents are being released. He was a civil rights leader assassinated in 1968.
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Lee Harvey Oswald was identified as the assassin of John F. Kennedy.
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The United States — National Archives and Records Administration is mandated to house all assassination-related documents.
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Jack Ruby fatally shot Lee Harvey Oswald two days after John F. Kennedy's assassination.
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Sirhan Sirhan was convicted of first-degree murder for the assassination of Robert F. Kennedy Jr..
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James Earl Ray pleaded guilty to assassinating Martin Luther King Jr., though he later renounced his plea.
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