Trump Orders Release of MLK Assassination Files

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Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., speaks to reporters in Birmingham, Ala., May 9, 1963. (AP Photo)
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(AURN News) — President has ordered federal intelligence officials to release classified records related to the assassination of civil rights leader Rev. Dr. , along with documents concerning President John F. Kennedy and Sen. Robert F. Kennedy.

President Donald Trump holds up a signed 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., in the Oval Office of the White House, Thursday, Jan. 23, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)

The executive order requires the Director of National Intelligence to present a declassification plan within 15 days, with the complete release of the King assassination records mandated within 45 days. The White House said Trump believes releasing the King records is “in the public interest.”

In response, the King family issued a statement expressing their personal connection to the upcoming release: “For us, the assassination of our father is a deeply personal family loss that we have endured over the last 56 years. We hope to be provided the opportunity to review the files as a family prior to its public release.”


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