US EditionTrump Administrations Releases FBI’s MLK Records Amid Epstein Files Pressure
UNITED STATES, JUL 22 – The Trump administration released over 230,000 pages of FBI and government documents on MLK's assassination, sparking family concerns about legacy and use of the records.
- More than 240,000 pages were released by the Trump administration, including documents sealed since 1977 and records compiled under FBI case codename MURKIN, prompting debate over transparency.
- Earlier this year, President Donald Trump signed an executive order declassifying records on MLK, JFK, and RFK assassinations, prompting public disclosure.
- Researchers can explore FBI memos, leads and a suspect's allegation, providing insights into King’s assassination investigation and government surveillance efforts.
- Alveda King responded to the release, saying `grateful to President Trump` for his `transparency` and praised the move, despite opposition from King's family and SCLC.
- In recent years, scholars, journalists and history buffs are preparing to study the files, despite many MLK records remaining heavily redacted.
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FBI’s release of MLK assassination files is an invasion of privacy, say King’s children
To the dismay of the children of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and other civil rights leaders, President Donald Trump has ordered the release of more than 240,000 pages of FBI documents related to the assassination of Dr. King in…
MLK family calls release of assassination files ‘invasion of privacy’
To the dismay of the children of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and other civil rights leaders, President Donald Trump has ordered the release of more than 240,000 pages of FBI documents related to the assassination of Dr. King in 1968. “The emphasis here is to give Americans the truth,” said Trump Deputy Press Secretary Harrison Fields. In late January of this year, President Trump signed Executive Order 14176, declassifying the records on…
Amid Calls For Epstein Files, Trump Admin Releases 230,000 MLK Documents
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Trump Releases MLK Jr. Assassination Files, But Bernice King Tells Him To Focus On Epstein
Source: Kevin Dietsch / Getty Martin Luther King Jr.’s daughter has a message for President Trump after he randomly released hundreds of thousands of documents on her father’s assassination: “Now, do the Epstein files,” she wrote on X, including a photo of her father giving the side-eye. According to The Hill, “King’s message came on Monday, shortly after Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard published over 230,000 pages of informati…
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