Trump administration releases records on Martin Luther King Jr. assassination

The federal government released over 230,000 pages of previously unreleased records regarding Martin Luther King Jr.’s 1968 assassination, following President Trump’s directive, with the documents including FBI and CIA files related to James Earl Ray. King’s family expressed mixed feelings, urging compassion in engaging with the files while highlighting the lasting trauma and the controversial surveillance King endured.

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