President Donald Trump signed an executive order to release files related to the assassinations of John F. Kennedy, Robert F. Kennedy and Martin Luther King Jr.

The family of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. is reacting to an executive order issued on Thursday to declassify documents associated with his assassination.

Jonathan Eig, who won a 2024 Pulitzer Prize for his biography, “King: A Life,” said he has probably read about 90% of the available government files related to King, including a trounce of files released in 2017.

President Donald Trump has signed an executive order aiming to declassify remaining federal records relating to the assassinations of President John F. Kennedy, Sen. Robert F. Kennedy, and Martin Luther King Jr.

Donald Trump has signed an executive order that aims to declassify remaining files that detail the assassinations of JFK and MLK in the 1960s. | ITV National News

It was first proposed four days after King's 1968 assassination outside a Memphis motel. It took 15 years until it became a federal holiday.

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.

In the executive order regarding the three assassinations, Trump wrote: “Their families and the American people deserve transparency and truth.”

President Trump’s second term has gotten off to a roaring start as he continues to use unprecedented executive power to remake Washington.

Congress passed a law in 1992 requiring the documents surrounding President Kennedy's assassination to be released by 2017. Though, the release has been held up by national security concerns.

JFK’s grandson, Jack Schlossberg, has taken to X to share his response after Donald Trump ordered for the release of classified assassination files.