Trump administration drops thousands of FBI documents on MLK Jr. assassination

Published July 21, 2025 5:26pm ET



The Trump administration on Monday released over 230,000 pages of previously classified documents regarding the 1968 assassination of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.

Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard announced the release coordinated by the Department of Justice, the FBI, the CIA, and the National Archives and Records Administration.

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