As the Rolling Stones lyric goes, the answer to “who killed the Kennedys” was “after all…you and me”. In Don DeLillo’s novel Libra, John F Kennedy’s assassination emerged from a CIA plot. And in the Ultimate Marvel world,
President Donald Trump signed an executive order ordering the declassification of the files on the JFK, RFK, and MLK assassinations.
"For us, the assassination of our father is a deeply personal family loss that we have endured over the last 56 years," said Bernice King and Martin Luther King III.
Martin Luther King Jr.’s family responded to Donald Trump’s move to order the declassification of records linked to the assassination of the American civil rights activist more than 50 years ago. In a statement published on social media Thursday evening,
US President Donald Trump ordered the declassification Thursday of the last secret files on the assassination of president John F. Kennedy, a case that still fuels conspiracy theories more than 60 years after his death.
The order directs the director of national intelligence and attorney general to present a plan within 15 days for the “full and complete release of records relating to the assassination of
In this Order, President Trump finds that continued withholding of the John F. Kennedy records is not in the public interest and is long overdue. He also concludes that releasing the Robert F. Kennedy and Martin Luther King Jr. assassination records is in the public interest.
Trump ordered all unreleased documents from the assassinations of President John F. Kennedy, Robert F. Kennedy and Martin Luther King Jr. to be made public.
Under the order, intelligence officials must present a plan within 15 days for the “full and complete release” of records on the assassination of John F. Kennedy, who was shot to death in Dallas in November 1963.
President Trump said he'll declassify any remaining files from John F. Kennedy, Robert F. Kennedy and Martin Luther King Jr.'s assassinations.
In a statement Thursday, King's family members said they would like to have the chance to review the files before it is released to the public.