Martin Luther King, Jr.'s family reacts hours after Trump signed the executive order during an Oval Office signing.

Donald Trump has ordered the declassification of files related to the assassinations of John F Kennedy, Robert F Kennedy, and Martin Luther King Jr, hoping it may shed new light on decades-old controversies.

WASHINGTON, Jan 24, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - US President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday declassifying files on the 1960s assassinations of president John F. Kennedy, his brother Robert F. Kennedy and civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr.

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Jonathan Eig, who won a 2024 Pulitzer Prize for his biography, “King: A Life,” said he has probably read about 90% of the available government files related to King, including a trounce of files released in 2017.

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

President Trump is following through on his pledge of a “full” release of documents related to the assassinations of President Kennedy, Senator Robert F. Kennedy, and the Reverend Martin Luther King Jr. On Thursday, Mr. Trump signed an executive order directing the release of the documents.

DALLAS: US President Donald Trump on Thursday ordered the release of thousands of classified governmental documents about the 1963 assassination of President John F. Kennedy, which has fueled conspiracy theories for decades.

Originally released on home video, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.: A Historical Perspective follows a more traditional approach to documentary filmmaking. Narrated by The Transformers voice actor Arthur Burghardt, we see some never-before-scene footage of Dr. King and elements of his life that weren’t covered in the previous documentaries.

President Donald Trump has signed an executive order aiming to declassify remaining federal records relating to the assassinations of President John F. Kennedy, Sen. Robert F. Kennedy, and Martin Luther King Jr.

This documentary truly opened my eyes to things about Martin Luther King Jr.’s investigation by the FBI that I didn’t know before. It’s shocking how far law enforcement was willing to go to ...

The order mandates the Justice Department and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence to quickly organize and facilitate the release of the documents.