Robert F. Kennedy Jr., nominated for Secretary of Health and Human Services, is not only pursuing a dramatic overhaul of the nation's food and health policy, but also seeking to uncover what appears to be the hidden truth about his uncle's murder. An information newspaper reported that they are looking into making it possible. New report.
Back in August, when President-elect Donald Trump hailed Kennedy's endorsement, a leading Republican vowed to release “all remaining documents related to the assassination of John F. Kennedy.”
In recent weeks, Kennedy, who has the ear of the next president, has pushed his daughter-in-law and former campaign manager Amaryllis Fox Kennedy to become deputy director of the CIA. Axios reports.
“RFK believes that and wants to get to the bottom of it,” a source told the outlet, adding that he believes Fox Kennedy will help him get to the bottom of his uncle's assassination in 1963. suggested.
During the previous administration, President Trump oversaw the public release of thousands of files on John F. Kennedy under the Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992.
The law set a 2017 deadline to release all outstanding material regarding JFK. However, President Trump delayed the full release to October 2021, but it was delayed again by the Biden administration.
More than 95% of the CIA's records regarding the JFK assassination have been released to date. CNN previously reported.
But this time, President Trump has signaled his full commitment to transparency in these files, pledging to establish a “new independent Presidential Commission on Assassination Attempts” to further that goal.
Previous government investigations have found that assassin Lee Harvey Oswald acted on his own when he shot the former president in the head in Dallas on November 22, 1963. RFK Jr. promotes an unproven theory that the CIA was involved in his uncle's murder.
“There is overwhelming evidence that the CIA was involved in the murder and cover-up,'' Kennedy scion says. talked about it on the podcast In May 2023.
He similarly claimed there was “compelling” and “circumstantial evidence” that the spy agency was involved in his father's assassination in 1968.
Fox Kennedy is A similar theory was also put forward.
President Trump has appointed former Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe to lead the CIA. However, the number two role of CIA deputy director is still contested.
There were several behind-the-scenes allies in the role, including former Trump administration official Cliff Sims. Politico reported.
Fox Kennedy claims to have worked for the CIA from 2002 to 2010 after being inspired to participate in the aftermath of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.
She later wrote a memoir in 2019, Life Undercover: Coming of Age in the CIA, detailing her time working as an officer in “unofficial cover” without diplomatic protection. .
Publication of the book caused controversy within the CIA, as she did not have the support of the CIA's Publication Review Board. NBC News reported.
She is married to RFK Jr.'s son Robert F. Kennedy III.
RFK Jr. will spend at least four days next week touring with senators on Capitol Hill to drum up support for his nomination to lead HHS.
The newspaper previously attempted to contact Fox-Kennedy about reports that her father-in-law had vouched for her to become deputy director of the CIA.
A spokesperson for RFK Jr. declined to comment.
