That IS the crux! The truth would have RUINED him. And how did HE try to destroy Elijah Mohammad? By accusing him of having extra-marital affairs.
Well, MX was right about Elijah Mohammad. He had a little “harem” that disgusted MX. MX thought E.Mohammad was a total hypocrite and fraud (and he was). I wonder what would have happened had MX not been assassinated. He was if anything, quite honest, and preached black self-reliance. He wasn’t too keen on MLK Jr. and by the end of his life was seriously rethinking his hatred of white people and calls for violence. He really changed when he went on a Hajj and met peaceful(I KNOW!), white, blue-eyed Muslims which really affected him.