By SDCN Staff
Washington, D.C.–Attorney General Pamela Bondi hosted Dr. Alveda King at the Department of Justice to commemorate the release of files regarding the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
The release contains 230,000 pages of documents and comes by President Donald Trump’s Executive Order 14176, which was signed on January 23.
The disclosure is the product of months of collaboration between the Department of Justice, Office of the Director of National Intelligence, Central Intelligence Agency, and National Archives and Records Administration.
According to Bondi, the Department of Justice attorneys spent hundreds of hours preparing and digitizing these documents for release.
“The American people deserve answers decades after the horrific assassination of one of our nation’s great leaders,” said Bondi. “The Department of Justice is proud to partner with Director Gabbard and the ODNI at President Trump’s direction for this latest disclosure.”
“I am grateful to President Trump and Attorney General Bondi for delivering on their pledge of transparency in the release of these documents on the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr.,” said Dr. Alveda King. “My uncle lived boldly in pursuit of truth and justice, and his enduring legacy of faith continues to inspire Americans to this day. While we continue to mourn his death, the declassification and release of these documents are a historic step towards the truth that the American people deserve.”
Bondi and Dr. King discussed the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and the need for transparency of his assassination on April 4, 1968, in Memphis, Tennessee by James Earl Ray.
