The Trump administration has released over 230,000 pages of FBI records related to the 1968 assassination of Dr.
Martin Luther King Jr., despite strong objections from King's family. The documents, which had been sealed since 1977, detail the FBI's investigation and surveillance of King and his convicted assassin, James Earl Ray. Historians and early reviewers say the files contain little new information, but the timing of the release has sparked controversy. Critics, including King's family, accuse the administration of using the release to distract from demands for transparency regarding the Jeffrey Epstein case.
The files are now publicly available through the National Archives.
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