William Pepper, Friend of MLK, RFK, Slams Murder Cover-ups

Murder of political leaders is a common problem, according to noted historian and human rights attorney William Pepper, who believes that a continuing cover-up ruins the legacy of his friends Martin Luther King, Jr. and Robert F. Kennedy.

“Assassinations didn’t start in the 1960s,” says Pepper, author of explosive investigations that include a new book due June 21 exposing King’s murderers. “They have been part of our society for a very long time.”

Even more remarkable than Pepper’s listing of political victims from Socrates, Jesus and Julius Caesar to modern times, he has provided legal representation for both of his friends’ accused killers.

Pepper believes the late James Earl Ray, King’s convicted killer, and RFK’s still-imprisoned convicted slayer Sirhan Sirhan have been patsies framed to take the blame for the real killers.

Pepper (shown in a 1967 photo with King) has spent decades attempting to expunge the convicted men’s guilt in their separate cases.

Pepper’s work has included his courageous and creative successes in persuading several of those allegedly complicit in King’s murder to confess at least part of their guilt. Overcoming obstacles by so-called law enforcement, Pepper has revealed a chilling plot perpetrated by rogue officials and the Mafia, most notably in his 2003 book An Act of State. 

With his explosive new book The Plot To Kill King scheduled for release this month, Pepper shared his insights May 21 in a panel discussion on American assassinations and Deep State intrigue held at the annual Left Forum at John Jay Criminal Justice College in Manhattan.

Joining the panel were best-selling author Russ Baker, speaking on President John F. Kennedy’s death, and this editor.

Baker is working on a new book on the JFK murder-cover-up.

I previewed the Justice Integrity Project’s “Readers Guide to the RFK Assassination” that is being released today in preparation for the 48th anniversary of the late New York senator Robert Kennedy’s 1968 death early in the morning of June 5, 1968, shortly after he won that year’s California Democratic presidential primary.

No Lies Radio, a non-profit grassroots affiliate of the Pacifica Radio Network, documented our 110-minute panel (including Q&A moderated by Gregory Longo). This was part of six-panel series at the conference on “The Deep State.” University of California historian and former diplomat Peter Dale Scott advanced the Deep State concept with his pioneering 1993 book Deep Politics and the Death of JFK. No Lies Radio recorded all six of the panels, which are listed below.

Scott’s compelling thesis and evidence, since endorsed by many others, are that the major 1960s assassinations represented a power grab by a hidden “Deep” government. The perpetrators’ ability to suppress the truth of the JFK, MLK and RFK murders showed that rogue officials could eliminate the decade’s three most important progressive leaders without accountability in courts or elsewhere.

Speaking on panel also were best-selling author Russ Baker and this editor. Baker described the continuing importance of President John F. Kennedy’s death. I focused on RFK and previewed the Justice Integrity Project’s “Readers Guide to the RFK Assassination” being released today in preparation for the 48th anniversary of the death of the likely 1968 Democratic presidential nominee.