RFK Jr.’s monetary disclosures reveal tens of millions in each debt and revenue as he awaits HHS affirmation
As Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President Trump’s Well being and Human Providers Secretary nominee, awaits his affirmation listening to, monetary disclosures launched Wednesday present that he’s saddled with tens of millions in debt, however is positioned to earn tens of millions from guide offers.
In monetary disclosure kinds filed with the U.S. Workplace of Authorities Ethics, Kennedy reported money owed of $610,000 to $1.2 million on his American Categorical card, as much as three mortgages totaling someplace from $2.25 million to $10.5 million, together with different loans, one in every of which was as a lot as $500,000.
Even so, he reported netting greater than $11 million over the previous two years, and is anticipated to soak up $2 million to $4 million extra in guide advances for 2 books with Skyhorse Publishing in New York: “Unsettled Science” and “A Protection for Israel.”
Practically $9 million of Kennedy’s current revenue got here from his regulation agency, Kennedy and Madonna, LLP, now referred to as Madonna and Madonna, LLP. In a letter dated Jan. 21, Kennedy wrote to the U.S. Workplace of Authorities Ethics that, if confirmed as HHS Secretary, he would sever ties with the agency and another revenue sources to keep away from conflicts of curiosity. His remaining cost from the agency was in Might 2024, he mentioned.
The disclosures additionally clarify Kennedy nonetheless intends to obtain authorized charges from Wisner Baum, a agency suing the maker of the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine Gardasil over its alleged failure to warn customers about its dangers.
“Upon affirmation, I’ll retain an curiosity in contingency payment circumstances that don’t contain claims towards the USA and wherein the USA will not be a celebration and doesn’t have a direct and substantial curiosity,” Kennedy wrote in his disclosure.
His monetary disclosure reveals he earned $856,559 in referral charges from Wisner.
Kennedy additionally drew $326,056 in wage and advantages from Youngsters’s Well being Protection, a nonprofit that has filed lawsuits towards federal companies — together with some he would oversee as secretary — over vaccine approvals corresponding to COVID-19 photographs for kids.
In December, Kennedy mentioned he resigned as chairman and chief authorized counsel for CHD after being nominated to go HHS.
“We’re grateful for Bobby’s previous contributions and dedication to Youngsters’s Well being Protection and to the tens of millions of youngsters harmed by poisonous exposures,” mentioned Mary Holland, CEO of CHD, on the time.
“Bobby offered the impetus behind so a lot of CHD’s massive accomplishments. Whereas we’ll miss his management, we’re proud that he has been nominated to steer HHS. We stay up for all that we all know he’ll work to perform as he strikes into this highly effective authorities place.”
Kennedy additionally listed revenue from a mixture of shares, endorsements, talking charges and residuals related to his spouse, Cheryl Hines, greatest identified for her work on HBO’s “Curb Your Enthusiasm.”
Hines additionally receives residuals from reveals and flicks “Pals,” “Herbie,” “Waitress,” “The Conners,” “The Flight Attendant” and “A Unhealthy Mothers Christmas.” She obtained a $600,000 advance to pen her memoir, “My Shade of Loopy.”
Kennedy’s Senate affirmation listening to is scheduled for Wednesday, Jan. 29.
