Rep. Luna Provides Update on Task Force Efforts to Declassify Key Federal Documents, Requests Update from Trump Administration on Declassification

WASHINGTON—Representative Anna Paulina Luna (R-Fla.), the chairwoman of the Task Force on the Declassification of Federal Secrets, today provided an update on the panel’s efforts to declassify documents of public interest and sent a letter to Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard, Attorney General Pam Bondi, National Security Advisor Michael Waltz, and White House Counsel David Warrington requesting an update on the plan to declassify documents under President Trump’s executive order on “Declassification of Records Concerning the Assassinations of President John F. Kennedy, Senator Robert F. Kennedy, and the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.”

In that letter, Rep. Luna requested a briefing for the task force on February 26, 2025, regarding the declassification of records pertaining to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy and on March 17, 2025, regarding the declassification of records pertaining to the assassinations of Senator Robert F. Kennedy and Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.  In addition to the briefings, she has requested, in writing, a hard date on when the documents President Trump ordered declassified will be made available to both the Task Force and public as well as where they are to be publicly located.

“All federal agencies are cooperating with the Task Force and will provide the requested briefings in the coming weeks. As we work to understand the full scope of federal documents related to key national secrets, we are preparing for the Task Force’s first hearing on March 26, which will examine the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. In advance of the hearing, the Task Force will visit the assassination site in Dallas and speak with first-hand witnesses regarding President Kennedy’s assassination. We remain committed to delivering the transparency that Americans demand from their government,” said Rep. Luna.

On February 11, House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) and Rep. Luna sent 11 letters to several agencies requesting briefings by February 18 on documents in their possession pertaining to the assassinations of President John F. Kennedy, Senator Robert F. Kennedy, and the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr; COVID-19 origins; unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAP) and unidentified submerged objects (USOs); 9/11; and the Epstein client list.

The Task Force’s first hearing, scheduled for March 26, will be open to the public and the media. Further details will be announced soon.

On January 23, 2025, President Trump signed an executive order on “Declassification of Records Concerning the Assassinations of President John F. Kennedy, Senator Robert F. Kennedy, and the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.” The EO requires the Director of National Intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard, and the Attorney General, Pam Bondi, in coordination with the National Security Advisor, Michael Waltz, and White House Counsel, David Warrington, to prepare for the President within 15 days (by February 7, 2025) a plan “for the full and complete release of records relating to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.” Additionally, the EO requires that within 45 days (by March 9, 2025) the same personnel prepare for the President a plan “for the full and complete release” of records relating to the assassinations of Robert Kennedy and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

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