Bbc via yahootrump orders plan for release of jfk and mlk assassination files14 minutes ago

The order directs top administration officials to present a plan to declassify the documents within 15 days. That does not make it certain it will happen, however. President John F Kennedy was killed in Dallas in His brother Robert F Kennedy was assassinated while running for president in California , just two months after King, America's most famous civil rights leader, was murdered in Memphis, Tennessee.

Many of the documents related to the investigations have been released in the years since, although thousands still remain redacted, particularly related to the sprawling JFK investigation. However, unanswered questions have long dogged the case, and have given rise to alternative theories about the involvement of government agents, the mafia and other nefarious characters - as well as more outlandish conspiracy theories.

Bbc via yahootrump orders plan for release of jfk and mlk assassination files14 minutes ago: Former President John F.

Opinion polls over decades have indicated that most Americans don't believe Oswald was the sole assassin. In , Congress passed a law to release all documents related to the investigation within 25 years. Both Trump in his first term and President Joe Biden released piles of JFK-related documents, but thousands — out of a total of millions — still remain partially or fully secret.

Trump promised to declassify all of the files in his first term, but held back on his promise after CIA and FBI officials persuaded him to keep some files secret. Today's executive order states that continued secrecy "is not consistent with the public interest". This process is just beginning.