Trump declassifies federal secrets

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Trump’s Task Force on the Declassification of Federal Secrets is bringing light to some of the U.S.’ mysteries, as the Trump administration has accused past leaders of ‘weaponizing’ secrets. What can we expect next?  #news #classifieddocuments #nationalsecurity #trump

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00:00Jeffrey Epstein, aliens, COVID-19, and the JFK assassination, secrets some believe to be long

00:06buried in classified files. Now U.S. President Donald Trump says he wants the files opened.

00:12Here's what you need to know. The task force on the declassification of federal secrets was set

00:16up to oversee the release of formerly classified documents on topics deemed to be in the public

00:20interest. It comes as part of a wider effort by President Trump to declassify documents.

00:26In January, he signed an executive order that declassified reports on the assassinations of

00:31both John and Robert Kennedy and Martin Luther King Jr. A lot of people are waiting for this

00:36for a long time for years. Everything will be revealed. The task force is made up of five

00:41Democrats and seven Republicans and is led by staunch ally of Donald Trump, Representative Anna Paulina

00:47Luna. Members of the force have accused the Biden administration of weaponizing the intelligence

00:52community and law enforcement against its political opponents. They say they hope to restore trust

00:58trust in these institutions and deliver transparency to the American people.

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