Millions of documents related to the 1963 assassination of President John F. Kennedy in Dallas have already been made public, but President Donald Trump has ordered the release of thousands of still-classified files.

President Donald Trump has ordered the release of thousands of classified governmental records related to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.

But during his 2024 campaign, President Donald Trump promised to release all records relating to not only JFK’s assassination, but the killings of his brother, Robert F. Kennedy, and MLK, claiming that enough time had passed that there were no real national security concerns that would require them to remain classified.

On Thursday (Jan. 23), President Trump signed an executive order to release thousands of classified government documents, including the assassination of John F. Kennedy, his brother Robert F. Kennedy, and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

"For us, the assassination of our father is a deeply personal family loss that we have endured over the last 56 years," said Bernice King and Martin Luther King III.

The quest for truth behind some of America's most painful moments has taken an unexpected turn, as President Donald Trump's recent executive order demands the

Congress passed a law in 1992 requiring the documents surrounding President Kennedy's assassination to be released by 2017, but the release has been held up by national security concerns.

In this Order, President Trump finds that continued withholding of the John F. Kennedy records is not in the public interest and is long overdue. He also concludes that releasing the Robert F. Kennedy and Martin Luther King Jr. assassination records is in the public interest.