Donald J. Trump said that once he is sworn in as president on Monday, he will immediately release records on the assassinations of President John F. Kennedy, his brother Robert F. Kennedy, and the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. . As part of measures to restore trust in the government.
Assassinations, particularly that of the president shot dead in Dallas in November 1963, have been the subject of decades of controversy as well as conspiracy theories.
“As a first step toward restoring transparency and accountability to our government, we will also end the overclassification of government documents,” Trump said at a Sunday rally ahead of his inauguration, adding that he would also “rescind the overclassification of government documents” and other “critical Documents related to the theme,” he added. “Public interest” would also be declassified. “All will be released, Uncle Sam,” he said.
Martin Luther King Jr. was shot to death in Memphis in April 1968, and Robert F. Kennedy was shot to death in California in June of the same year, shortly after winning the state's Democratic primary. The three deaths shook America in different ways, and historians consider each a turning point in a turbulent decade.
Given Trump's strong interest in certain conspiracies and the fact that he survived an assassination attempt and was shot and wounded while running for president in July, his statement is is likely to attract particular interest.
