Hoover Plotted MLK Killing

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BLOODTHIRSTY FBI boss J. Edgar Hoover masterminded the plot that killed Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. — after snooping G-Men recorded King calling his arch-political foe, Robert F. Kennedy, his “main man!”

That bombshell National ENQUIRER discovery — which rewrites a crucial chapter of American history — comes as the country mourns the 50th anniversary of the civil rights leader’s April 4, 1968, assassination in Memphis.

“Hoover hated King, hated him in a way that is hard to fathom,” said a D.C. source. “That’s known — but what isn’t is that he actually took the ultimate step once he learned King was going to help Bobby get the White House!”

The roots of Hoover’s criminal efforts against King actually have their origin decades before the civil rights and anti-Vietnam movements of the 1960s.

Hoover came up in federal law enforcement during the Palmer Red Raids of January  offense — and the scandal scarred Hoover for years.