The Rev. Al Sharpton, civil rights activist and MSNBC host, slammed the Trump administration’s decision to release the files on Martin Luther King Jr.’s assassination, calling the move a “desperate” effort to “distract” from the Jeffrey Epstein case.

“We need to be crystal clear on the fact that Trump releasing the MLK assassination files is not about transparency or justice, it’s a desperate attempt to distract people from the firestorm engulfing Trump over the Epstein files and the public unraveling of his credibility among the MAGA base,”........

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