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Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Family Says They Hope to See Declassified Assassination Files Before the Public

By Roger Friedman

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Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s family has responded to Donald Trump’s decalssification of files surrounding their father’s 1968 murder.

In a statement just posted, the Kings say they hope to see the files before they are made public.

Whether Trump will show the files to the Kings, and the Kennedy families, remains unclear. He’s only releasing the files to get publicity for himself. He’s not known for graciousness.

At the ceremony in which he signed the Executive Order to release all the files, Trump made an odd comment about Dr. King. “Oh, that’s a big one.” You can only imagine how much he wants to embarrass the family and sully Dr. King’s name and reputation.

Despicable

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Roger Friedman
Roger Friedman
Roger Friedman is the founder and editor-in-chief of Showbiz411. He wrote the FOX411 column on FoxNews.com from 1999 to 2009, where he covered Michael Jackson, and previously wrote the "Intelligencer" column at New York magazine in the mid-1990s, where he covered the O.J. Simpson trial. He also edited Fame magazine. His bylines have appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, the New York Daily News, the New York Post, Vogue, Details, and the Miami Herald. He is a voting member of the Critics Choice Awards (Film and Television branches), and his movie reviews are tracked by Rotten Tomatoes. With D.A. Pennebaker and Chris Hegedus, he co-produced the 2002 documentary "Only the Strong Survive," which screened at Directors' Fortnight at the Cannes Film Festival.

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