The National Archives has released thousands of newly digitized documents related to the 1968 assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., as part of a directive by President Trump. The release follows an executive order signed days into Trump’s second term, requiring the release and declassification of records connected to King’s murder and the assassinations of former President John F. Kennedy and Robert Kennedy. The Office of the Director of National Intelligence stated that the release included more than 230,000 files relating to King’s assassination, including information connected to the man who was convicted of murdering him, James Earl Ray. King’s family responded to the release by saying the files must be viewed “within their full historical context,” adding that the late civil rights leader was “relentlessly targeted by an invasive, predatory, and deeply disturbing disinformation and surveillance campaign orchestrated by J. Edgar Hoover through the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).”
The Trump administration has released a significant amount of files regarding the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. #730
