RFK Jr. Advocates for Daughter-in-Law’s CIA Role to Investigate JFK Assassination
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is lobbying for Amaryllis Fox Kennedy to be deputy CIA director, aiming to uncover potential CIA involvement in his uncle's 1963 assassination.
- Robert F. Kennedy Jr., nominated as Health and Human Services secretary, is pushing for his daughter-in-law, Amaryllis Fox Kennedy, to be appointed deputy CIA director by President-elect Donald Trump.
- Kennedy believes the CIA was involved in the assassination of his uncle, President John F. Kennedy, and wants Fox Kennedy to investigate the agency’s role and push for the release of related documents.
- Amaryllis Fox Kennedy, a former CIA operative, wrote a 2019 memoir about her time in the agency, which caused controversy for not being cleared by the CIA’s Publication Review Board.
- President-elect Trump has pledged to release the remaining classified JFK assassination files and establish a new commission on presidential assassination attempts.
- The potential appointment has sparked internal debate, with concerns over Fox Kennedy’s past actions and perceived political alignment within Trump’s transition team.