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Trump 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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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…
Trump administration releases 240,000 pages on FBI surveillance, assassination of Martin Luther King
King’s family, including his two living children, Martin III and Bernice, were given advance notice of the release and had their own teams reviewing the records ahead of the public disclosure.
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Trump-Ordered release of MLK FBI Files sparks family grief and outcry over legacy
The federal government has released over 240,000 pages of FBI surveillance records on Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., decades after they were sealed under court order. The disclosure has drawn mixed reactions, especially from King’s family and civil rights advocates, who caution that the documents must be viewed with deep historical understanding. King’s children, Martin Luther King III and Dr. Bernice King, both emphasized the deeply personal impac…
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