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The Guardian - US
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Maya Yang and agency

Trump orders release of thousands of classified files on JFK assassination

President John F Kennedy and the first lad,y Jaqueline Kennedy, ride in a limousine moments before Kennedy was assassinated, in Dallas, Texas, on 22 November 1963.
President John F Kennedy and the first lady, Jaqueline Kennedy, ride in a limousine moments before Kennedy was assassinated, in Dallas, Texas, on 22 November 1963. Photograph: Reuters

Donald Trump has ordered the release of thousands of classified governmental documents about the 1963 assassination of John F Kennedy, which has fueled conspiracy theories for decades.

The executive order the president signed on Thursday also aims to declassify the remaining federal records relating to the assassinations of Robert F Kennedy and the Rev Martin Luther King Jr. The order is among a flurry of executive actions Trump has quickly taken the first week of his second term.

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