India, July 22 -- National Intelligence Director Tulsi Gabbard on Monday released over 240,000 pages of records on the Federal Bureau of Investigation's surveillance of the civil rights leader. The records span the entire political career of MLK till his assassination in 1968. However, the release sparked backlash with many on the internet calling it a distraction from the Trump administration's refusal to release the Epstein files.

"Today, after nearly 60 years of questions surrounding the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., we are releasing 230,000 MLK assassination files, DNI Gabbard said in a post on X, sharing the link to the files.

However, the backlash on the released file was quick and immediate. with the Epstein contr...