President-elect Donald Trump said on Sunday he would release classified documents in the coming days related to the assassinations of U.S. President John F. Kennedy, Senator Robert Kennedy and civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr.

On January 19, 2025, incoming US President Donald Trump announced that he would release classified information about the assassinations of John F. Kennedy, Robert F.

Trump, returning to the White House, vowed to release classified documents on the JFK assassination and others. While he previously released some files, many remain classified due to national security concerns.

As the 1st step toward restoring transparency and accountability to government, we will also reverse the over-classification of government documents,’ says US president-elect - Anadolu Ajansı

Trump did not specify which documents would be released, and he did not promise a blanket declassification. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Donald Trump held a rally Capital One Arena in Washington DC a day ahead of taking charge as the US President. He said that he would declassify files linked to the assassinations of former US president John F Kennedy and civil rights activist Martin Luther King Jr.

Trump had made a similar promise during his 2017 to 2021 term, and he did release some documents related to JFK's 1963 murder. However, he later kept a significant chunk of documents under wraps, citing national security concerns following pressure from CIA and FBI.

Trump has said that once he is sworn in as president on Monday, he will quickly release records relating to the assassinations of President John F. Kennedy, his brother Robert F. Kennedy and the Rev.