The Trump administration has released over 230,000 pages of previously classified FBI documents related to the 1968 assassination of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr.
This move, made despite strong opposition from King's family, includes extensive records of FBI surveillance and investigation into King's death and his convicted assassin, James Earl Ray. The release fulfills a Trump-era executive order aimed at government transparency, but has sparked criticism from the King family and others who view it as a distraction from calls to release files related to Jeffrey Epstein. Early analysis by historians suggests the documents contain little new information.
The files are now publicly accessible through the National Archives.
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