Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is facing criticism for pushing President-elect Donald Trump to hire his daughter-in-law Amaryllis Fox Kennedy to be Deputy Director of the CIA after an exclusive Axios report revealed he is doing so because he believes the CIA had a role in assassinating his uncle, President John F. Kennedy.
SCOOP: RFK Jr.'s daughter-in-law is making a push to serve as deputy director at the CIA next year — and RFK Jr. is making calls on her behalf.
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— Axios (@axios.com) December 10, 2024 at 3:23 PM
Kennedy Jr. has reportedly told associates that Fox Kennedy—his presidential campaign manager and the wife of his son, Bobby Kennedy III—would assist in uncovering the truth about the JFK assassination, according to two Republican sources who spoke to Axios.
One of them said:
"RFK believes that and wants to get to the bottom of it."
If appointed as deputy to John Ratcliffe, Trump’s nominee for CIA director, Fox Kennedy could access CIA records on the assassination and potentially advocate for the release of classified documents.
Kennedy Jr. has publicly supported theories that the CIA was involved in the deaths of his uncle and his father, Robert F. Kennedy, who was assassinated in 1968. On a podcast last year, he said that "evidence is overwhelming that the CIA was involved in the murder and in the cover-up,” and he described the evidence of CIA involvement in his father’s death as “convincing” though “circumstantial.”
Trump also appears poised to help Kennedy Jr. pursue his goals, having pledged to release the remaining JFK assassination files.
Following Kennedy Jr.’s suspension of his presidential campaign and endorsement of Trump, Trump announced he would “establish a new independent presidential commission on assassination attempts” tasked with releasing all remaining documents related to President Kennedy’s assassination.
Kennedy Jr.'s motives have exposed him to significant criticism.
I wonder if all this nepotism and cronyism will reach a breaking point.
— Red Opposition (@redopposition.bsky.social) December 10, 2024 at 3:26 PM
Hooray for nepotism and unqualified people running massive government agencies.
— Dan (@nerdjitsunurse.bsky.social) December 10, 2024 at 8:00 PM
Well all the other positions are filled by hopeless losers with no relevant experience too, so nothing new here.
— Necessary Evil (@necessaryevil.bsky.social) December 10, 2024 at 3:31 PM
It’s as if all the crazy people think being involved in government is fun. So let’s go! Heaven help us.
— mcmiele.bsky.social (@mcmiele.bsky.social) December 10, 2024 at 10:22 PM
It’s gonna be four years of carnival barkers and juggling clowns running amuck at our expense.
— Bob Dobalina (@bobdabalina.bsky.social) December 11, 2024 at 11:15 AM
A belief it’s not a fact. But that doesn’t seem to matter to RFKjr or anyone in the upcoming administration.
— lazuleo.bsky.social (@lazuleo.bsky.social) December 11, 2024 at 12:29 PM
Mark my words, he'll also violently pursue the whereabouts of Elvis as well as prove beyond reasonable doubt that Lord Lucan is still living with the missing champion horse Shergar.
— dumbledore (@dumbledored.bsky.social) December 11, 2024 at 11:57 AM
That’s his brain worm talking
— jeanmoulin4ever.bsky.social (@jeanmoulin4ever.bsky.social) December 11, 2024 at 12:34 PM
The conspiracists are having a day. That’s for sure. I guarantee they’ll been looking at the moon landing again too. Also checking if the Earth is not flat.
— Lee Ning (@crankebastard.bsky.social) December 11, 2024 at 11:13 AM
The CIA deputy director position is one of the most prominent intelligence roles still unfilled and does not require Senate confirmation—and that makes Fox Kennedy's potential future with the agency even more questionable.
Concerns have been raised about Fox Kennedy’s qualifications. In 2019, she published a memoir, Life Undercover: Coming of Age in the CIA, offering a rare, detailed personal account of her time in the agency.
Fox Kennedy has described being recruited by the CIA in her early 20s as one of its youngest female officers. She operated as a "nonofficial cover," meaning she used a false identity without diplomatic protections.
However, her decision to publish the memoir without prior approval from the CIA’s Publication Review Board, which vets materials for sensitive information, caused controversy within the agency.
