
With the stroke of his pen, Donald Trump might have just unleashed a secret that plagues both conspiracy theorists and our nation’s history.
His executive order ordered the declassification of the remaining documents detailing the investigations of the assassinations of the John F. Kennedy in 1963 and Martin Luther King Jr. in 1968. This order also includes the assassination of Robert F. Kennedy, whose son, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., is Donald Trump’s nominee for the Department of Health and Human Services and was a third-party candidate in the 2024 election before stepping down and supporting Trump.
Conspiracies about the JFK assassination have continued through the decades after his death. Lee Harvey Oswald was arrested shortly after the fatal shooting, after allegedly killing a patrol officer as well after his shift at the Texas School Book Depository, where the gunman that shot Kennedy is believed to have fired. However, there was not substantial time to interrogate Oswald. As the police transported Oswald to the city jail, Jack Ruby, a local nightclub owner, broke through the crowd and shot Oswald at close range.
These events sent a shockwave throughout America, and today, many theories exist about the true nature of the narrative presented by the government. A poll conducted by Gallup concluded that about 65% of Americans think that there were others involved in the assassination. Among these, 38% believe the US government is culpable, up 13% from 10 years ago. Others point to the Mafia or another organized crime group, Fidel Castro, or a separate political entity such as another country.
Martin Luther King Jr.’s and Robert Kennedy’s respective assassinations happened within five months of each other, five years after the JFK assassination. The King family has maintained that they do believe that James Earl Ray, who was convicted of the assassination, was involved in a broader conspiracy against him. The story presented is that Ray rented a house across the street from a motel that King was staying at before shooting him from the balcony.
Three days after his arrest and confession, he recanted his guilty plea, claiming that followed the advice of his lawyer to avoid the death penalty. Since his arrest an overwhelming number of conspiracies have been concocted about the death of Martin Luther King Jr.. The King family requests that they have the opportunity to see the documents before they go public so they can absorb the information and grieve accordingly.
Trump’s order requires that the Director of National Intelligence to review and release the JFK documents within 15 days of the order and an additional 30 days for the RFK and MLK documents.
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