The new administration of Donald Trump has officially begun with its inauguration this Monday, and there are some things to pay attention to regarding what the Republican will do while in power. For example, this Sunday, the president revealed that he will make classified documents related to the assassinations of US President John F. Kennedy, Senator Robert Kennedy, and civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. public in the coming days.
During his term from 2017 to 2021, he had made a similar promise where he released some documents related to the assassination of John F. Kennedy in 1963. However, he kept an important part of the documents secret, claiming reasons of national security, giving in to pressure from the Central Intelligence Agency and the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
What did Donald Trump say about the secret documents on the deaths of Kennedy and Martin Luther King?
In his election campaign for this second term, the magnate promised to make public classified files from intelligence services and law enforcement agencies on the 1963 assassination of John F. Kennedy, who had been the 35th president of the United States.
"In the coming days, we will make public the remaining records related to the assassinations of President John F. Kennedy, his brother Robert Kennedy, as well as Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and other topics of great public interest," Trump said at a rally in downtown Washington, just one day before assuming office for a second term.
The leader has not specified anything nor promised a general declassification regarding which documents will be published.
The assassination of John F. Kennedy, in particular, is an issue that has generated great interest in the United States since it occurred. The assassination has been attributed to a lone gunman, Lee Harvey Oswald, and the Department of Justice and other federal government agencies have reaffirmed that conclusion in recent decades. However, surveys show that many Americans believe his death was the result of a broader conspiracy.