Overview
- In Part 5 of his Telos News series, Ryan Lizza alleges Olivia Nuzzi was "elated" after the affair story broke because she and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. were briefly coordinating again on responses to reporters.
- Lizza claims Kennedy’s security adviser Gavin de Becker checked on Nuzzi to ensure her loyalty, describing his presence as intimidating, a characterization relayed through Nuzzi’s friends.
- Tucker Carlson, according to Lizza, told Nuzzi she should fear for her life and offered to send her a shotgun, and later entertained a theory that the drama was part of an Israeli deep-state plot to damage Donald Trump by hurting Kennedy.
- Lizza’s latest assertions expand earlier allegations that Nuzzi drafted a strategy memo and undertook catch‑and‑kill efforts for Kennedy; several of these claims remain unverified in public reporting and have been denounced by Nuzzi’s side as harassment.
- Kennedy has denied having a sexting relationship with Nuzzi and continues to serve as Health and Human Services secretary, while Nuzzi’s memoir has been panned and her contract at Vanity Fair was not renewed after she previously left New York Magazine.