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Trump Administration Releases Martin Luther King Jr. Assassination Files

Jul 22, 2025

MLK — The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. gives his “I Have a Dream” speech at the Lincoln Memorial in August 1963. (AP)

By Dylan Wells

The Trump administration on Monday released more than 230,000 files related to the April 1968 assassination of civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr.

Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard, who announced the move, said the files include “discussion of potential leads, internal FBI memos detailing the progress of the case, information about James Earl Ray’s former cellmate who stated he discussed with Ray an alleged assassination plot, and more.” She said the files released Monday had not previously been digitized and were shared with minimal redactions.

King’s son Martin Luther King III and daughter Bernice A. King wrote in a statement that they “object to any attacks on our father’s legacy or attempts to weaponize it to spread falsehoods” and warned against people sharing FBI surveillance of their father in the files.

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