President Lyndon Johnson masterminded the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. after FBI wiretaps caught the civil rights leader backing Robert F. Kennedy’s plan to unseat the incumbent commander-in-chief! Catch up on more LBJ news here….
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That explosive claim comes from
Dexter Scott King — shown at left here with his mother,
Coretta Scott King, and siblings — whose father was murdered in the middle of the 1968 presidential primary campaigns!
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“Based on the evidence I’ve been shown, I would think that it would be very difficult for something of this magnitude [King’s murder] to occur on
LBJ’s watch and he not be privy to it,” Dexter says. “I am told that it was part and parcel of Army Intelligence, CIA and FBI.”
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MLK had repeatedly called for an end to the Vietnam War, firing up opposition to LBJ’s policy of escalating America’s involvement. After
LBJ barely won the Democratic primary in New Hampshire in March, Kennedy decided to challenge him in the upcoming presidential election.
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But at that point, LBJ knew he had more than just Kennedy to worry about. Political researcher
Roger Stone told
The National ENQUIRER that three weeks before King’s April 4 murder, FBI wiretaps overheard the American icon telling pals Kennedy was his “secret main man” in the race.
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FBI kingpin
J. Edgar Hoover (left) hated King and relayed the info to LBJ, says Stone, a former aide to
Richard Nixon.
James Earl Ray eventually confessed to shooting King, but later recanted saying he only pleaded guilty to avoid the death penalty.
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Kennedy promised to release all evidence about King’s death once he was elected president, but was assassinated two months after the civil rights leader. Stone and Ray’s lawyers claim the convicted gunman was actually a pawn — recruited strictly to be set up as a patsy.
Photo credit: Mega
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“I have absolutely no doubt that
Lyndon Johnson was capable of murdering Rev. King, probably over his opposition to the Vietnam War, which drove LBJ from office,” says Stone.
Photo credit: Mega
That explosive claim comes from
Dexter Scott King — shown at left here with his mother,
Coretta Scott King, and siblings — whose father was murdered in the middle of the 1968 presidential primary campaigns!
“Based on the evidence I’ve been shown, I would think that it would be very difficult for something of this magnitude [King’s murder] to occur on
LBJ’s watch and he not be privy to it,” Dexter says. “I am told that it was part and parcel of Army Intelligence, CIA and FBI.”
MLK had repeatedly called for an end to the Vietnam War, firing up opposition to LBJ’s policy of escalating America’s involvement. After
LBJ barely won the Democratic primary in New Hampshire in March, Kennedy decided to challenge him in the upcoming presidential election.
But at that point, LBJ knew he had more than just Kennedy to worry about. Political researcher
Roger Stone told
The National ENQUIRER that three weeks before King’s April 4 murder, FBI wiretaps overheard the American icon telling pals Kennedy was his “secret main man” in the race.
FBI kingpin
J. Edgar Hoover (left) hated King and relayed the info to LBJ, says Stone, a former aide to
Richard Nixon.
James Earl Ray eventually confessed to shooting King, but later recanted saying he only pleaded guilty to avoid the death penalty.
Kennedy promised to release all evidence about King’s death once he was elected president, but was assassinated two months after the civil rights leader. Stone and Ray’s lawyers claim the convicted gunman was actually a pawn — recruited strictly to be set up as a patsy.
“I have absolutely no doubt that
Lyndon Johnson was capable of murdering Rev. King, probably over his opposition to the Vietnam War, which drove LBJ from office,” says Stone.
