The Trump administration declassified over 230,000 pages of documents related to the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.—checking another item off the President’s list of campaign promises.
The details: The files span decades of federal investigations and include newly digitized documents made public for the first time.
- While it’s unclear whether the documents will reveal new narrative-changing details, they do include notes from the original investigation, interview transcripts, and intel on interactions with foreign agencies.
- The release may also include controversial information about King’s private life, which some family members have expressed concern over.