Three days into his second term, President Donald Trump ordered the release and declassification of FBI files on three historic figures who were assassinated during the 1960s: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., President John F. Kennedy, and Sen. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (D-Massachusetts). A member of Trump’s administration is related to two of the three: anti-vaxxer Robert F. Kennedy Jr., now director of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), is JFK’s nephew and the son of RFK Sr.

Alex Henderson February 15, 2025

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