Saturday15 February 2025
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Trump issued an order to declassify documents related to the assassinations of the two Kennedys and Martin Luther King Jr.

On Thursday, U.S. President Donald Trump signed an order to declassify documents related to the assassinations of the 35th President John F. Kennedy, Senator Robert Kennedy, and civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr., according to the White House website.
Трамп подписал указ о рассекречивании документов, касающихся убийств двух Кеннеди и Мартина Лютера Кинга-младшего.

On Thursday, U.S. President Donald Trump signed an order for the declassification of documents related to the assassination of the 35th President of the United States, John F. Kennedy, Senator Robert Kennedy, and civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr., reports the White House website.

"More than 50 years after the assassinations of President John F. Kennedy, Senator Robert Kennedy, and Pastor Martin Luther King Jr., the federal government has not made all its records related to these events public. Their families and the American people deserve transparency and truth," the text of the order states.

The document indicates that within the next 15 days, the Director of National Intelligence and the Attorney General must present Trump with a plan for the full disclosure of records concerning the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, and within 45 days for those pertaining to the murders of Senator Robert Kennedy and Martin Luther King Jr.

John F. Kennedy was assassinated on November 22, 1963, at approximately 12:30 PM in Dallas, Texas. Kennedy was fatally shot by a rifle while riding in a presidential motorcade along Elm Street with his wife Jacqueline.

Robert Kennedy died on June 6 after being mortally wounded the previous day during the presidential campaign of 1968.

The renowned Christian pastor and human rights activist Martin Luther King was fatally shot by a sniper on April 4 at 6:01 PM while standing on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, where he was staying during a campaign in support of striking workers. He succumbed to his injuries at St. Joseph's Hospital and was buried in Atlanta.