The president of the United States, Donald Trump, ordered the federal government to publish the classified records on the murders of President John F. Kennedy, Senator Robert F. Kennedy and Martin Luther King Jr. that the files reveal for so much secret time as a matter of “public interest.”
In his executive order, Trump said that, although more than half a century has elapsed since the murders of the American historical figures – President John F. Kennedy in 1963 and Robert F. Kennedy and Martin Luther King Jr. in 1968—, the Government Federal has not yet published all records related to those events. “
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“Their families and the American people deserve transparency and truth,” said the president. “It is of national interest to be published without delaying all records related to these murders.”
Trump said the Law of Collection of Registries of President John F. Kennedy murder of 1992 ordered that all records related to the president’s murder were published before October 26, 2017.
Trump himself had accepted some censures of these records in 2017 and 2018, he said, but had ordered a continuous review of the censorship itself. Former President Joe Biden had also given federal agencies more time to review the records.
“I have determined that the continuous censorship and retention of information of the records related to the murder of President John F. Kennedy is not consistent with the public interest and that the publication of these records was already necessary for a long time,” Trump said.
Although Congress has not similarly ordered the publication of the records related to the murders of King and the young Kennedy, “I have determined that the publication of all records in possession of the federal government related to each of these murders is also of Public interest, ”said Trump.
The president ordered the security officials to develop and present a plan to the White House for the dissemination of the records.
John F. Kennedy made history in 1960 when he became the first Catholic president elected in the history of the United States.
His murder in Dallas in 1963 marked a decisive moment in the history of the United States and the world; The then president of the House of Representatives, John McCormack, said his death was a “personal tragedy” for “millions of people around the world … as if one had lost a loved member of his own immediate family.”
Five years later, the murder of Martin Luther King Jr. marked a turning point in racial tensions in the United States, and the murder of civil rights leader in 1968 triggered disturbances and violence in cities throughout the country. And the murder of Robert F. Kennedy just eight weeks later left the nation stunned by a high profile murder after another.
The three murders have been subject to important conspiracy theories in the subsequent decades. Ross Baker, professor at Rutgers University, He said to New York Times in 2018 that the murders “deprived the country of three of their most prominent and promising leaders, leaders who represented the change.”
Translated and adapted by the ACI Press team. Originally published in CNA.
Daniel Payne
Daniel Payne is a senior editor of Catholic News Agency. He previously worked at College Fix and Just the News. He lives in Virginia with his family.