Trump says he will quickly release assassination documents on JFK, Robert F. Kennedy and Martin Luther King Jr.
Author: Gram Slattery
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President-elect Donald Trump said on Sunday he would release secrets in the coming days related to the assassinations of U.S. President John F. Kennedy, Senator Robert F. Kennedy and civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. document.
Trump, who returned to the White House on Monday, promised during the campaign to release classified intelligence and law enforcement documents related to the 1963 assassination of Kennedy.
News you can trust and daily fun, right in your inbox
Experience it firsthand — The Yodel is your go-to source for daily news, entertainment and light-hearted stories.
He made similar promises during his term from 2017 to 2021, and in fact he also released some documents related to the 1963 assassination of Kennedy. But he eventually succumbed to pressure from the CIA and FBI and kept the trove of documents secret on national security grounds.
“In the coming days, we will release the remaining records related to the assassinations of President John F. Kennedy, his brother Robert F. Kennedy, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and other topics of public concern,” Trump said. he told a rally in downtown Washington the day before his second non-consecutive term.
Trump did not specify which documents would be released or commit to a full declassification. King and Robert Kennedy were both assassinated in 1968.
In particular, the assassination of John F. Kennedy attracted lasting attention in the United States. The murder was blamed on a single shooter, Lee Harvey Oswald, a conclusion reiterated by the Justice Department and other federal agencies in the decades that followed. But polls show many Americans believe his death was the result of a broader conspiracy.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Trump’s health and human services secretary-elect, son of Robert F. Kennedy and nephew of Kennedy, said he believed the CIA was involved in his uncle’s death, an allegation the agency called baseless.
Kennedy Jr. also said he believed his father was killed by multiple gunmen, a statement that contradicted the official version.
(Reporting by Gram Slattery; Editing by Ross Colvin and Howard Goller)
