RFK Jr.’s monetary disclosures reveal thousands and thousands in each debt and revenue as he awaits HHS affirmation
As Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President Trump’s Well being and Human Companies Secretary nominee, awaits his affirmation listening to, monetary disclosures launched Wednesday present that he’s saddled with thousands and thousands in debt, however is positioned to earn thousands and thousands from ebook 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, certainly one 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 predicted to soak up $2 million to $4 million extra in ebook advances for 2 books with Skyhorse Publishing in New York: “Unsettled Science” and “A Protection for Israel.”
Practically $9 million of Kennedy’s latest 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 last fee 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 shoppers about its dangers.
“Upon affirmation, I’ll retain an curiosity in contingency price circumstances that don’t contain claims in opposition to the US and during which the US shouldn’t be a celebration and doesn’t have a direct and substantial curiosity,” Kennedy wrote in his disclosure.
His monetary disclosure exhibits 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 in opposition to federal companies — together with some he would oversee as secretary — over vaccine approvals resembling COVID-19 pictures 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 thousands and thousands of youngsters harmed by poisonous exposures,” mentioned Mary Holland, CEO of CHD, on the time.
“Bobby offered the impetus behind so lots of CHD’s large accomplishments. Whereas we’ll miss his management, we’re proud that he has been nominated to steer HHS. We look ahead to 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 linked to his spouse, Cheryl Hines, finest identified for her work on HBO’s “Curb Your Enthusiasm.”
Hines additionally receives residuals from exhibits and flicks “Buddies,” “Herbie,” “Waitress,” “The Conners,” “The Flight Attendant” and “A Dangerous Mothers Christmas.” She acquired a $600,000 advance to pen her memoir, “My Shade of Loopy.”
Kennedy’s Senate affirmation listening to is scheduled for Wednesday, Jan. 29.
