Malcolm X's family accuses the NYPD and federal agencies of "facilitating" the civil rights leader's 1965 assassination in a new lawsuit.

Three daughters of Malcolm X are accusing multiple law enforcement agencies in a $100 million lawsuit of playing roles in the 1965 assassination of the civil rights leader.

The family of murdered black civil rights activist Malcolm X is suing the FBI, the CIA and the New York police department (NYPD) for $100m (£79m), accusing them of a having role in his death. The lawsuit says the agencies were involved in the plot and failed to stop the killing.

Legal experts say that Trump's choice for attorney general, Matt Gaetz, signals the president-elect's determination to tightly control the DOJ and prosecute adversaries.

Several current and former Department of Justice and FBI officials have begun preparing to be potentially targeted by President-elect Donald Trump’s loyalists. Concerns about criminally investigations by the Trump administration reportedly intensified following the president-elect’s nomination of Matt Gaetz for Attorney General.

Emil Bove, another of Trump’s personal lawyers, installed as No. 3. It is a crippling mix of incompetence, disregard for the rule of law, conflicts of interest, and divided loya