Donald Trump signed an executive order to declassify the assassination files on Martin Luther King Jr, RFK, and JFK.

President Donald Trump has ordered records on the assassinations of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., President John F. Kennedy and Sen. Robert F. Kennedy be declassified.

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,

Donald Trump signed an executive order today to release more records related to the assassination of John F. Kennedy, as well as those related to the killings of Robert F. Kennedy and Martin Luther King Jr.

US President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday declassifying files on the 1960s assassinations of President John F. Kennedy and his brother Bobby Kennedy, as well as that of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr.

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

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.

President Trump signed an executive order approving the declassification of documents pertaining to the assassinations of President John F. Kennedy, Sen. Robert F. Kennedy, and Martin Luther King Jr.

It was first proposed four days after King's 1968 assassination outside a Memphis motel, but took 15 years to become a federal holiday.

In the executive order regarding the three assassinations, Trump wrote: “Their families and the American people deserve transparency and truth.”

The family of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. is reacting to an executive order issued on Thursday to declassify documents associated with his assassination.