By Free Republic | Created at 2025-01-24 15:17:39 | Updated at 2025-01-29 05:56:42
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MLK’s family responds to Trump’s order to declassify assassination files
NY Post ^ | 1/24/25 | Nicholas McEntyre
Posted on 01/24/2025 6:53:34 AM PST by Libloather
Martin Luther King Jr.’s family offered their response to President Trump’s decision to release the secret FBI files on the civil rights icon’s assassination nearly 60 years ago — a “deeply personal family loss” that they are still feeling today.
On Thursday, Trump signed an executive order to release the files connected to the deaths of King, President John F. Kennedy and his brother Sen. Robert F. Kennedy.
“For us, the assassination of our father is a deeply personal family loss that we have endured over the last 56 years. We hope to be provided the opportunity to review the files as a family prior to its public release,” the family said.
Trump said “everything will be revealed” while signing the executive order in the Oval Office.
The order called the release of the files “long overdue” and requires the Department of Justice and Office of the Director of National Intelligence to rapidly prepare for the release.
**SNIP**
King’s family has continued to work toward a comprehensive investigation into the assassination, emphasizing the importance of uncovering the truth while also focusing on preserving the icon’s legacy, Fox Atlanta reported.
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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Conspiracy; History; Local News
KEYWORDS: assassination; declassify; files; mlk
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Sounds fair.
1 posted on 01/24/2025 6:53:34 AM PST by Libloather
To: Libloather
In other words, they don’t want information released that could be damaging, such as questionable connections that he might have had.
2 posted on 01/24/2025 6:55:26 AM PST by Jonty30 (If you ate your twin in the womb, your pronouns should be we/us.)
To: Libloather
He was a public figure by his choice. He was assassinatedbecause of that. Tge assassination is the public’s concern
3 posted on 01/24/2025 6:55:49 AM PST by stanne (Because they were mesmerized by Obama, the man for whom this was named, whose name they left out of )
4 posted on 01/24/2025 6:57:06 AM PST by Libloather (Why do climate change hoax deniers live in mansions on the beach?)
To: Libloather
> Sounds fair. <
Yes, give the family an early look, maybe a few days. But no veto power over any of it.
5 posted on 01/24/2025 6:58:25 AM PST by Leaning Right (It’s morning in America. Again.)
To: Libloather
6 posted on 01/24/2025 6:58:26 AM PST by PGalt (Past Peak Civilization?)
7 posted on 01/24/2025 6:58:53 AM PST by Libloather (Why do climate change hoax deniers live in mansions on the beach?)
To: Jonty30
I am fine with the family seeing it first; however, the family cannot ask for modifications.
8 posted on 01/24/2025 6:59:25 AM PST by vaskypilot
To: Libloather
King’s family has continued to work toward a comprehensive investigation into the assassination, emphasizing the importance of uncovering the truth while also focusing on preserving the icon’s legacy, Fox Atlanta reported.
Uncovering the truth sometimes tarnishes legacies. However, the truth is still required.
9 posted on 01/24/2025 7:01:04 AM PST by MortMan (Charter member of AAAAA - American Association Against Alliteration Abuse)
To: Libloather
JFK’s grandson is a jackass
10 posted on 01/24/2025 7:01:45 AM PST by delchiante
To: vaskypilot
I don’t have a problem with them seeing it first, so they can plan any responses that might come up. I can also support any embarrassing information that shouldn’t concern the nation, such as medical issues or Erectile issues. But if King had unseemly connections, it should be known by the nation.
11 posted on 01/24/2025 7:02:44 AM PST by Jonty30 (If you ate your twin in the womb, your pronouns should be we/us.)
To: Libloather
Several folks have said that while the files may be declassified, they likely are going to be so heavily redacted, blanked out in places, that it will be near impossible to glean anything new or shocking from them
We will see though.
12 posted on 01/24/2025 7:03:10 AM PST by Bob434
To: vaskypilot
JFK died 30 or so years before he was born. Schlossberg doesn’t have JFK Jr.s good looks. No crown prince title for him.
Is it a family privacy issue? Does not apply.
13 posted on 01/24/2025 7:03:22 AM PST by DIRTYSECRET
To: Jonty30
I see their viewpoint, but I don’t think they should have veto power. I am in favor of releasing all of it. Not because I might not or might want to see salacious information of his reported philandering, use of prostitutes, or whatever, but because I am concerned there might be involvement of the federal government.
That is what is important. But it is also important to get the full context, particularly with things like his purported ties to Communists or Communist fronts.
And if King was being blackmailed by the Communists due to even one instance of infidelity or of engaging a prostitute, that is important to know.
It is going to be the same with the Kennedys.
I am not naive enough to think we will see everything, but we should see as much as we can. Probably to influence and steer us to what someone wants us to think.
14 posted on 01/24/2025 7:03:23 AM PST by rlmorel ("A people that elect corrupt politicians are not victims...but accomplices." George Orwell)
To: Libloather
IMHO, King was murdered by the FBI under Hoover..........
15 posted on 01/24/2025 7:07:46 AM PST by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
To: Leaning Right
16 posted on 01/24/2025 7:09:13 AM PST by RummyChick
To: Libloather
I remember that night. I was living in my swinging bachelor pad off Dupont Circle. The sky lit up that night. It was just like being back in-country except there were no tracers.
17 posted on 01/24/2025 7:09:39 AM PST by ComputerGuy
To: Red Badger
I think also they hired Calypso Louie to murder Malcolm X.
18 posted on 01/24/2025 7:09:55 AM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
To: dfwgator
While that is entirely possible, it may just have been business as usual for that demographic................
19 posted on 01/24/2025 7:11:13 AM PST by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
To: Libloather
“For us, the assassination of our father is a deeply personal family loss that we have endured over the last 56 years. We hope to be provided the opportunity to review the files as a family prior to its public release,” the family said.
Sounds reasonable, as long as it's understood that MLK's family has no right to redact or withhold any information in the files, and no right to impose any long delays on the release to the public. Same goes for the JFK and RFK families.
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