'He cheats his way through life': The five biggest bombshells from Caroline Kennedy's open letter about RFK Jr
Robert F. Kennedy is addicted to “attention and power” according to scathing letter revealing some of his darkest moments, penned by his cousin Caroline Kennedy.
Kennedy, 71, who is Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Department of Health and Human Services, is a hypocritical “predator” who is “addicted to attention and power”, his cousin warned senators ahead of the confirmation hearing in the senate – which will confirm his control over a $1.7 trillion budget as the top health official.
The bombshell letter reveals a number of shocking accusations about Kennedy’s life, from putting mice in a blender to leading his family members down a path to drug addiction.
“I have known Bobby my whole life; we grew up together,” said Kennedy, a former U.S. ambassador to Australia and Japan, in a letter and accompanying video statement.
Here are the five key bombshells from Caroline Kennedy’s blistering criticism of her cousin…
Kennedy, the son of liberal political icon Robert Kennedy, who was assassinated in 1968 at 42 as he appeared set to clinch the Democratic nomination, is a licensed master falconer who has trained hawks since he was 11.
“It’s no surprise that he keeps birds of prey as pets because he himself is a predator,” Caroline Kennedy said in the letter.
Kennedy loved to display one of his bizarre and gruesome habits in caring for his birds of prey, she said.
“He enjoyed showing off how he put baby chickens and mice in the blender to feed his hawks,” Ms Kennedy alleged.
“It was often a perverse scene of despair and violence.”
Kennedy, who struggled with addiction to heroin, led his family members “down the path of drug addiction” simply through the “strength of his personality.”
The former Democrat’s basement, garage and dorm room were the centres of the drug-fuelled action, she alleged.
“Siblings and cousins who Bobby encouraged down the path of substance abuse suffered addiction, illness, and death while Bobby has gone on to misrepresent, lie, and cheat his way through life,” she claimed in the letter.
But she did praise her cousin for “pulling himself out of illness and disease.” Kennedy says his 14 years of heroin abuse – which began soon after his father’s death when he was 15 years old – ended after he was convicted for possession in 1984 and attended rehab.
