Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s nomination to be Secretary of Health and Human Services faces scrutiny due to financial conflicts of interest. He will retain a contingency fee with a law firm suing a pharmaceutical company, raising concerns about impartiality in regulating the industry. His past work with an anti-vaccine group also poses a potential conflict, given his role in overseeing vaccine approvals.
A nephew of President John F. Kennedy, the former third-party 2024 presidential candidate rose to fame for his anti-vaccine advocacy and promotion of public health conspiracies.
The HHS nominee will go before two Senate panels this week to answer questions from lawmakers: the Finance Committee on Wednesday and the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee on Thursday. Wisner Baum paid Kennedy more than $2.5 million in the past two years in referral and contingency fees, including nearly $857,000 in 2024. As HHS secretary, Kennedy would be head of an agency that regulates Merck and the broader pharmaceutical industry.
Kennedy received $326,000 from the organization last year listed under salary/bonus. He stated in his ethics agreement that he’s not owed any additional money and will refrain “for a period of one year after my resignation” to not involve himself “personally and substantially in any particular matter involving specific parties in which I know Children’s Health Defense is a party or represents a party, unless I am first authorized to participate.
ROBERT KENNEDY JR. HHS NOMINATION FINANCIAL CONFLICTS ANTI-VACCINE PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY
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