'Going to be released': Trump on Kennedy, MLK assassination records

US President Donald Trump recently signed an order to release previously classified documents about the assassinations of former President John F Kennedy, civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr, and Senator Robert F Kennedy. The order also included documents related to the death of financier Jeffrey Epstein.
In an interview with journalist Sharyl Attkisson on Full Measure, Trump said his administration found more documents on these cases after he had already ordered some to be released earlier this year as part of a campaign promise.

Trump acknowledged the widespread demand for the Kennedy records, calling them the most requested government information to be released. He explained that although he had previously released some documents, he initially withheld others due to recommendations from individuals within his administration.
“I released a lot of them, but then a lot of people started coming in, people that are respected, people that worked for the administration, asked me not to release the rest. And I respected that. They gave me certain reasons, but I respected that,” Trump said.
“Probably wish I did release the whole thing, because I have no idea what's in there,” he added.
He revealed that 2,000 more documents have been found out about Kennedy and it will be eventually released.
“It's moving along, and it's moving along pretty rapidly."
Trump had earlier ordered the declassification of all remaining classified records related to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, fulfilling a long-standing promise. The move was formalised through an executive order, which also called for the release of files concerning the assassinations of Senator Robert F. Kennedy and the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
The order highlighted that over 50 years after these assassinations, the federal government has yet to release all relevant records. “The families and the American people deserve transparency and truth,” the order says, adding that it is in the national interest to release these records without further delay. While the President John F Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 mandated full public disclosure of the files by October 2017, exemptions have allowed for the continued withholding of certain documents. Trump’s order states that continued redactions are “not consistent with the public interest.”
"I have now determined that the continued redaction and withholding of information from records pertaining to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy is not consistent with the public interest and the release of these records is long overdue," the order said.
"Everything will be revealed," Trump said as the order was signed adding that, "A lot of people are waiting for this for a long — for years, for decades."