President Donald Trump signed an executive order on January 23, 2025, declassifying fileson the assassinations of John F. Kennedy, Robert F. Kennedy, and Martin Luther King Jr.
This fulfills his 2024 campaign promise to release these long-withheld documents, aiming to address decades of speculation and conspiracy theories. Trump stated that withholding the
information was no longer in the public interest.
The files include JFK’s 1963 assassination,
RFK’s 1968 campaign trail shooting, and MLK’s 1968 murder. Previously delayed JFK files and
