The U.S. administration, under President Donald Trump, has released over 230,000 pages of previously classified documents related to the assassination of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. The files, announced by Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard, include FBI investigation details, internal memos, and information about leads such as James Earl Ray’s former cellmate who mentioned a possible assassination plot. This release follows Trump’s executive order shortly after taking office to declassify remaining files tied to the assassinations of MLK and the Kennedy brothers. MLK is a central figure in the American civil rights movement, renowned for his nonviolent activism and the iconic “I Have a Dream” speech.
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