U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order  to declassify government files related to the assassinations of President John F. Kennedy in 1963, his brother Robert F. Kennedy in 1968, and civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. in the same year.

Trump told reporters during the signing in the Oval Office, "Many people have waited for this for years, for decades. Everything will be revealed.

Robert Kennedy Jr., whom Trump appointed as Secretary of Health, had previously spoken about "compelling evidence of CIA involvement" in the assassination of his uncle, John F. Kennedy. He also mentioned "very convincing" evidence of the CIA's alleged involvement in his father's assassination.

More than 50 years after the assassinations of the Kennedy brothers and Martin Luther King Jr., "their families and the American people deserve transparency and truth. It is in the national interest to release all records related to these assassinations without delay," according to the executive order.

In late November, Trump reiterated his campaign promise to release the last "highly classified" files in the National Archives related to John F. Kennedy's assassination.

To this day, the assassination of President Kennedy continues to spark countless speculations. In December 2022, the National Archives released more than 13,000 documents, but the White House under Joe Biden had blocked the release of thousands of other documents, citing national security concerns.