Trump orders release of secret files on JFK and MLK murders: 'Everything will be revealed' | 23 Jan 2025 | President Donald Trump on Thursday signed an executive order to declassify files on the assassinations of former President John F. Kennedy, his brother Robert F. Kennedy and civil rights icon Martin Luther King Jr.  Trump had promised to release the previously classified documents during his 2024 campaign after decades of speculation and conspiracy theories about the killings. "Everything will be revealed," Trump told reporters as he signed the order in the Oval Office of the White House.