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.

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Trump, returning to the White House, vowed to release classified documents on the JFK assassination and others. While he previously released some files, many remain classified due to national security concerns.

Trump’s decision to release these files comes in the wake of strong advocacy from Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the nephew of RFK, who has long pushed for the declassification of documents related to his uncle’s assassination.

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Trump did not specify which documents would be released, and he did not promise a blanket declassification. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Donald Trump held a rally in Washington a day ahead of taking charge as the US President. He said that he would declassify files linked to the assassinations of former US president John F Kennedy and civil rights activist Martin Luther King Jr.

Donald Trump has vowed to release a set of long-hidden government files on the assassinations of John F. Kennedy, Robert F. Kennedy and Martin Luther King Jr. after he takes office in what he believes will be an effort to ramp up government transparency.