Donald Trump Won’t Release the Epstein List—but Drops 240,000 Pages on MLK Instead

**Donald Trump Won’t Release the Epstein List—but Drops 240,000 Pages on MLK Instead**

In a move that feels more like a smoke bomb than a spotlight, Donald Trump is once again at the center of a controversy that stinks of selective transparency. While the public continues to demand answers about the Jeffrey Epstein case—particularly the long-rumored "Epstein client list"—Trump has chosen a different route: publishing a trove of FBI documents on Martin Luther King Jr. instead. That’s right, 240,000 pages on a man who died over half a century ago, while the Epstein files, which involve a far more recent and deeply disturbing network of elite abuse, remain conveniently sealed.

This bait-and-switch reeks of political theater.

The so-called "Epstein list" is rumored to contain the names of powerful individuals who allegedly engaged with Epstein’s trafficking network. The pressure to release the list has come from across the political spectrum—activists, journalists, survivors of abuse, and ordinary citizens all demanding transparency and justice. But Trump's refusal to unseal it raises eyebrows, especially considering his past connections to Epstein, as well as his long-standing claim to be a champion of "draining the swamp."

So what’s the deal with the MLK files?

On their surface, declassifying FBI documents about Martin Luther King Jr. could seem like an act of transparency. But the timing and volume suggest otherwise. These documents include personal smears, psychological operations, and outright character assassinations—all part of J. Edgar Hoover’s infamous crusade to discredit King during the Civil Rights Movement. It’s a mountain of paper, much of it laced with the FBI's paranoia, racism, and political fear-mongering from the 1950s and '60s.

And who benefits from dredging all this up now?

Releasing these files in 2025 doesn’t serve justice—it serves distraction. It muddies King’s legacy in the eyes of younger generations and stirs culture war pot-stirring. The hope, perhaps, is that the media and public will get so lost in the weeds of old FBI dirt on MLK that they'll stop asking, “Hey… who was on Epstein’s jet again?”

Trump’s playbook has always relied on spectacle, misdirection, and turning historical trauma into political leverage. While many of King’s documented struggles against the FBI are already public knowledge, the sudden avalanche of new files can easily be weaponized to undermine the Civil Rights Movement or to ignite new ideological fights.

The juxtaposition is disturbing. On one hand, a full-court press to expose a Civil Rights icon to government surveillance gossip. On the other hand, a total clampdown on exposing a modern-day trafficking ring involving billionaires and politicians. The hypocrisy writes itself.

What’s most sinister is how this tactic plays into historical revisionism. By burying the Epstein truth under mountains of redacted MLK dirt, the Trump camp seems to bet on distraction and division rather than accountability and justice.

The public has a right to both truths: to know how the government tried to sabotage a Civil Rights leader **and** to know who was complicit in Epstein’s sex trafficking ring. But picking one over the other—especially when one is safely dead and the other could still face consequences—isn’t transparency.

It’s a cover-up. Wrapped in paper. Delivered with a wink.