Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has expressed gratitude to President Donald J. Trump for initiating the declassification of files related to the assassinations of John F. Kennedy, Robert F. Kennedy, and Martin Luther King Jr. Trump signed an executive order on Thursday permitting the declassification of these documents. After signing, he instructed an aide to present the pen used in the process to Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who has been nominated as Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary.
In a post on X (formerly Twitter), RFK Jr., the son of Robert F. Kennedy, thanked Trump for showing trust in American citizens and reversing what he views as a detrimental path toward government secrecy. He cited John F. Kennedy’s belief in the importance of transparency in a democratic society.
Kennedy Jr. criticized what he described as a “60-year strategy of lies and secrecy,” which he claims was used by intelligence officials to obscure facts regarding the assassinations, Vietnam, 9/11, the Iraq war, and COVID-19.
According to the executive order, the Director of National Intelligence and the Attorney General have 15-day and 45-day deadlines, respectively, to devise plans for releasing the JFK files, as well as the RFK and MLK files. The order emphasized the need for transparency over five decades after the events. It states that the American public deserves access to the full details of the assassinations without further delay. […]
JFK warned that “The very word ‘secrecy’ is repugnant in a free and open society; and we are as a people inherently and historically opposed to secrecy … We decided long ago that the dangers of excessive and unwarranted concealment of pertinent facts far outweighed the dangers… https://t.co/cM0lxiycA7
— Robert F. Kennedy Jr (@RobertKennedyJr) January 24, 2025
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