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.

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 says he will release classified JFK, Robert Kennedy, and MLK files:: January 19, 2025:: Washington, DC"As the first step towards restoring transparency and accountability to government, we will also reverse the over-classification of government documents.

“With malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right, as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in, to bind up the nation’s wounds.” -- Abraham Lincoln, March 4, 1865.

Members of John F. Kennedy's family, including RFK Jr., who has become a top ally to Trump, have long pressed the government to release the papers.

“As the first step toward restoring transparency and accountability to government, we will also reverse the over-classification of government documents,” he told supporters at the Capital One Arena in Washington, DC, on Sunday...

Donald Trump announced plans to expedite the release of files related to the assassinations of JFK, Robert Kennedy, and MLK.

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

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.

— Martin Luther King Jr.‘s “I Have a Dream” speech

Donald Trump held a rally in Washington 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.