Documents relating to the 1968 assassination of Robert F. Kennedy and Martin Luther King Jr. will be released in the coming days. Tarshi Gabbard He said Thursday at President Donald Trump’s cabinet meeting at the White House.
Gabbard said more than 100 people were “working 24 hours a day” and were scanning documents related to both the murder and subsequent investigation.
“These were sitting in boxes they’ve been keeping for decades,” she told Trump. Trump was a few feet away from Health and Benefits Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
Files related to the 1968 assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. and Robert F. Kennedy will be released in the coming days, Director Tulsi Gabbard said Thursday. (Getty)
Trump said, “It’s great” before moving on to RFK Jr., the son of a former senator.
“Bobby, what do you think about that?” he asked.
“I’m very pleased,” replied RFK Jr.
“It’s been hit close to home,” Trump said. “When that statement was made, I’m thinking about Bobby.”
RFK Jr. said he was “very grateful” to Trump.
“And you’ve got me to see some of this because it’s very personal. But that’s time,” Trump told Gabbard.
The deadline for the release of JFK assassination files is approaching
National Intelligence Director Tarshi Gabbard in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC (via Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP Getty Images)
RFK Jr. was a teenager when his father was fatally injured at the Ambassador Hotel on June 5, 1968. Los AngelesAfter addressing campaign supporters following his major victory for the California Democratic president.
Upon taking office, Trump issued an executive order outside Sen. Kennedy and his brother, President John F. Kennedy, a Tennessee hotel room on the second floor in Memphis, to declassify files relating to the assassination of King, a civil rights icon, who was shot on April 4, 1968.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (Getty Images)
In March, confidential documents related to the assassination of the former president were released.
Gabbard said the government has “hunters” looking at the FBI storage lockers. CIA Other agencies will check if there is anything else that has not been reported.
President Donald Trump has been ordered by executive order to release thousands of pages related to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy and Martin Luther King Jr. (AP News)
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“We’re actively going out and trying to find the truth,” she said.
