Gabbard Releases More Than 243,000 Pages of Martin Luther King Jr. Assassination Files

Documents revealed investigative methods and potential leads, though redactions are found throughout the files.

Civil rights leader Martin Luther King (C) waves to supporters on the Mall in Washington on Aug. 28, 1963. AFP via Getty Images

WASHINGTON—More than 243,000 pages of files related to the 1968 killing of civil rights legend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., were declassified and released on July 21 by the Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard.

The release follows President Donald Trump’s January executive order mandating the release of documents, long sealed by intelligence agencies, related to the assassinations of King, former President John F. Kennedy, and his brother, Sen. Robert F. Kennedy.