President Donald Trump said Friday he would order his administration to declassify and release all records related to famed American pilot Amelia Earhart. “Amelia made it almost three quarters around the World before she suddenly, and without notice, vanished, never to be seen again,” Trump wrote in  a Friday afternoon social media post . “Her disappearance, almost 90 years ago, has captivated millions.” Earhart’s 1937 disappearance over the Pacific Ocean during her fateful attempt to circumnavigate the globe has long been the subject of conspiracy theories, including uncomfirmed speculation that Earhart’s plane may have landed on a small island in the central Pacific or been captured by Japanese forces. In the post, Trump praised Earhart as “an Aviation Pioneer, the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean, and achieved many other Aviation ‘firsts.’” Kimberlyn King-Hinds, the Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands’ delegate to the House of Representatives, asked Trump to have the files declassified in July. In a letter to the president, King-Hinds wrote that Earhart’s story “carries particular weight” in her district and that a number of elderly residents had shared “credible, firsthand accounts of having seen her on the island of Saipan.” “In pursuing clarity for my constituents, I have become aware that the U.S. government may still hold documents or records related to Earhart’s journey and final whereabouts that have not yet been made public,” King-Hinds, a Republican, wrote in  the letter . “Should such records exist, their release would contribute meaningfully to our understanding of one of America’s most revered aviators and could finally shed light on the final chapter of her remarkable life.” The announcement comes as the Trump administration faces  continued scrutiny  over its handling of the federal government’s files connected to disgraced financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.