Is the Illuminati true

The real Illuminati broke up around 1785. The imaginary Illuminati will never die so long as there are Conspiracy Theorists who need a strawman organization to take the blame for their own failure to earn high office. No one, repeat no one, living today, has ever been proved an Illuminati in a court of law.

The Illuminati is more than likely loosely based on some degree of truth, as most legends are. However, the speculative history on them seems to be pretty scarce and rather haphazardly concocted.

Most credible historians would probably assert that the Illuminati were once upon a time, a legitimate organization that attempted to gain political control of their immediate environment, and met with some degree of success (as well as some degree of failure).

From that stage moving forward, it probably became more "myth" than reality in the stories that were handed down among the people.

It's an intriguing story and a fun idea that captures the imagination, however any evidence that they actually existed in any way that actually impacted the world is for the most-part, non-existent, and probably not because they were "so good at covering their tracks."

Really, the reason no real evidence of their influence exists is likely because they never have, nor do they now, have any real influence.

By and large, it's a story and a myth, not a fact. It's fiction, not history.