President Donald Trump signed an order on Thursday to declassify the assassination files of former President John F. Kennedy, former U.S. Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy, and civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr.
As he signed the order, Trump said, “A lot of people have been waiting for this for years, for decades. And everything will be revealed.” The president then instructed his aide to give the pen he signed the order with to Robert F. Kennedy Jr., his nominee for Health and Human Services Secretary and the son of RFK and nephew of JFK.
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BREAKING: President Trump signs an Executive Order to declassify the JFK, RFK, and MLK Jr. filespic.twitter.com/X0GwLocBnS
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