Martin Luther King’s family have spoken out since President Donald Trump signed an order on administration officials planning to release classified government documents regarding the assassinations of himself, as well as former President John F. Kennedy and his brother, Robert F. Kennedy.
King’s family have released a statement addressing the news, as well as their hopes of seeing the declassified files before they are made public.
The order read “More than 50 years after the assassinations of President John F. Kennedy, Senator Robert F. Kennedy, and the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., the Federal Government has not released to the public all of its records related to those events
Their families and the American people deserve transparency and truth. It is in the national interest to finally release all records related to these assassinations without delay.”
In response to the order, King’s family released a statement on X (formerly known as Twitter) from Bernice King’s account[King’s youngest daughter].
“Today, our family has learned that President Trump has ordered the declassification of the remaining records pertaining to the assassinations of President John F. Kennedy, his brother Robert F. Kennedy, and our father, Rev. 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. We hope to be provided the opportunity to review the files as a family prior to its public release.”
The assassinations of Martin Luther King, along with the Kennedy brothers have always been hot topic of speculation and conspiracy theories with a lot of people implying that the reason the files have been classified are how it would affect the government.
The files are set to be released between 15 and 30 days after President Trump signed the order.
