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

President Trump has ordered the release of thousands of classified documents related to the 1963 assassination of President John F. Kennedy, as well as those of Robert F. Kennedy and Martin Luther King Jr.

President Trump told security agencies to develop plans to make public all documents related to the assassinations of John F. Kennedy, Robert F. Kennedy and the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.