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Trump Administration Releases 230,000 Pages of Martin Luther King Jr. Assassination Files

Federal agencies spent months clearing the files for publication to shed light on one of the most examined killings in U.S. history

FILE - The Rev. Ralph Abernathy, right, and Bishop Julian Smith, left, flank Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., during a civil rights march in Memphis, Tenn., March 28, 1968. (AP Photo/Jack Thornell, File)
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Overview

  • President Trump’s January executive order directed the declassification of documents related to the assassinations of John F. Kennedy, Robert F. Kennedy and Martin Luther King Jr.
  • More than 230,000 pages were published today after joint reviews by the Department of Justice, ODNI, CIA and NARA with minimal redactions for privacy
  • The archive includes FBI investigation reports, federal police documents, an international manhunt dossier and testimony from a cellmate of convicted assassin James Earl Ray
  • Attorney General Pam Bondi welcomed activist Alveda King at the Justice Department to commemorate the release
  • MLK’s surviving children voiced support for transparency while cautioning that the papers could be misused to challenge his civil rights legacy