During a recent Cabinet meeting at the White House, Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard disclosed that a dedicated team of over 100 individuals has been tirelessly working to digitize government documents pertaining to the 1968 assassinations of Sen. Robert F. Kennedy and civil rights icon Martin Luther King Jr. These historical papers, which have long remained stored away in boxes, are now being scanned for the very first time.
Gabbard assured President Trump that the documents will be ready for public release in the coming days. Sen. Kennedy, brother of late President John F. Kennedy and former Attorney General, was tragically killed while campaigning for the Democratic presidential nomination in California. Similarly, King, a revered figure in the Civil Rights Movement, was fatally shot at a hotel in Memphis, Tennessee.
Although the perpetrators of both murders have been convicted, conspiracy theories surrounding these events persist to this day. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., son of Sen. Kennedy, expressed his satisfaction upon hearing the progress of the document review during the Cabinet meeting.
Following his inauguration, President Trump issued an executive order mandating the disclosure of previously undisclosed records related to these assassinations and other significant cases overseen by the government. This includes documents surrounding President Kennedy’s 1963 assassination and materials concerning Jeffrey Epstein, the disgraced financier who died in federal custody in 2019 while facing sex trafficking charges.
While the National Archives recently released over 2,000 pages on President Kennedy’s assassination, some experts noted that much of the content was already public knowledge. A portion of the Epstein files was made available in February; however, critics criticized the White House for allegedly withholding information.
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