Trump orders release of MLK, JFK and RFK assassination records
Martin Luther King Jr. stands with other civil rights leaders on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel in Memphis on April 3, 1968, a day before he was assassinated at approximately the same place. From left are Hosea Williams, Jesse Jackson, King, and Ralph Abernathy. (Charles Kelly/AP Photo file)
Speaking to reporters, President Donald Trump said, “everything will be revealed,” as he signed an executive order to declassify the remaining federal records relating to the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. and other officials.
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