Trump administration releases details of FBI investigation into MLK Jr’s killing as his family insists James Earl Ray was not the shooter
MLK Jr.’s family issues a statement regarding the released documents by Trump administration
- The administration of Donald Trump has released details of the FBI investigation into Martin Luther King Jr.’s killing, as part of a push to declassify records related to infamous assassinations.
- The King family maintains that James Earl Ray was not the shooter and will examine the newly released files for further insights.
- A 1999 wrongful death lawsuit brought by the King family concluded that King was the victim of a conspiracy involving Loyd Jowers and unnamed co-conspirators, including government agencies, and that Ray was set up.
- The Justice Department has stated that Jowers' allegations of a conspiracy are “unworthy of belief” and likely fabricated.
- The King family also emphasized that the civil rights leader was subjected to a “disinformation and surveillance campaign” orchestrated by the FBI’s COINTELPRO program.