America has waited decades for the full release of documents relating to the killings of JFK, RFK and MLK. That wait may soon be over.
President said ‘everything will be revealed’ as he signed executive order to declassify thousands of classified files on 1963 killing
Confidential files into the assassination of US President John F Kennedy are to be released, upon the orders of Donald Trump, as he continues to wield the power of the Oval Office
In 1992, Congress passed a law to release all documents related to the investigation within 25 years. Both Mr Trump in his first term and President Joe Biden released piles of JFK-related documents, but thousands – out of a total of millions – still remain partially or fully secret.
President Trump has ordered the declassification of all remaining records on the assassinations of President John F. Kennedy, Senator Robert F. Kenned
President John F. Kennedy's grandson Jack Schlossberg has slammed Donald Trump for planning to declassify the documents about the slain leader's death.
Trump signed an order releasing documents related to the assassinations of the former president, presidential candidate and civil rights leader.
Jack Schlossberg, John F Kennedy's only grandson, has slammed Donald Trump's decision to declassify documents relating to the late president's assassination, saying JFK is being used as a "political prop".
Congress passed a law in 1992 requiring the documents surrounding President Kennedy's assassination to be released by 2017. Though, the release has been held up by national security concerns.
JFK’s grandson, Jack Schlossberg, has taken to X to share his response after Donald Trump ordered for the release of classified assassination files.
In the early 1990s, the federal government mandated that all JFK assassination-related documents be housed in a single collection in the National Archives and Records Administration. The order notes that although no congressional act directs the release of information on the assassinations of Robert F.