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Trump says will release JFK, RFK, MLK assassination files "in the coming days"

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Trump says he will quickly release JFK, Robert Kennedy, MLK assassination files

by Gram Slattery
January 19, 2025

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President-elect Donald Trump said on Sunday he would release classified documents in the coming days related to the assassinations of U.S. President John F. Kennedy, Senator Robert Kennedy and civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr.

Trump, who returns to the White House on Monday, promised on the campaign trail to release classified intelligence and law enforcement files on the 1963 assassination of JFK, as America's 35th president is widely known.

He had made a similar promise during his 2017 to 2021 term, and he did in fact release some documents related to JFK's 1963 slaying. But he ultimately bowed to pressure from the Central Intelligence Agency and Federal Bureau of Investigation, and kept a significant chunk of documents under wraps, citing national security concerns.

"In the coming days, we are going to make public remaining records related to the assassinations of President John F. Kennedy, his brother Robert Kennedy, as well as Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and other topics of great public interest," Trump said at a rally in downtown Washington, the day before he takes office for a second, non-consecutive term.

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https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/poli...t-kennedy-mlk-assassination-files/ar-AA1xtSYE
 
Before you give us the answer, lets guess.

I'm gonna say, because one of his handlers told him not to.
Mitch McConnell said that if Trump pardoned Snowden then the Senate would move forward with the impeachment trial and removal of Trump.
 
Then again, maybe the JFK headlines are a distraction from the mass murder.

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