RFK Jr. made $1 million from his anti-vaccine work which he previously claimed was “unpaid.”

President-elect Donald Trump is currently trying to get his rights Ministerial nominations It was approved and includes one of his more controversial selections: Robert F. kennedy jr. Robert Kennedy was chosen to run the Department of Health and Human Services, somewhat similar to Trump’s selection of Alex Jones to head the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. Kennedy, a long-time conspiracy theorist and believer in fringe science, has declared his desire to Completely upside down The government’s approach to public health.

Any time a new president makes Cabinet nominations, those nominees become the subject of intense scrutiny, which is currently happening to Kennedy. While there was a shocking shortage of Animal-related scandals So far, journalists have discovered a number of financial irregularities that seem worth delving into.

On Wednesday, The Daily Beast I revealed it Kennedy had reported income from his work for an “anti-vaccine” nonprofit as $431,156.72. In his press statements, Kennedy previously claimed that his work was to his advantage Advocating for children’s healthWhich he founded in 2007, was “unpaid.” In fact, Kennedy received money from and reported on the nonprofit. He initially reported making $731,470.53 in 2022 and 2023. However, Kennedy has already made $1.2 million from his work at the nonprofit over the past two years and a total of $2.2 million between 2017 and 2023, The Beast reports.

Kennedy claimed that an “inadvertent error” in his previous financial disclosures led to him under-reporting his income from the organization.

“The purpose of this letter is to correct an inadvertent error in a financial disclosure report that I signed on June 30, 2023, and which was amended on August 25, 2023,” Kennedy told the US Office of Government Ethics in a letter sent in December. , which the Daily Beast cites. “In my initial and amended disclosure, I disclosed the incorrect income amount for Children’s Health Defense f/k/a World Mercury Project using net pay received versus gross pay.”

Gizmodo has reached out to Trump’s transition team for comment.

Someone as wealthy as Kennedy probably wouldn’t consider that kind of income worth mentioning. Earning a million dollars might be considered “unpaid” work for the millionaire scion of a political dynasty. However, for the average American, it is still considered serious money. “I’m not getting paid for this,” Kennedy said Tucker previously told Carlson. “This was probably the worst career move I’ve ever made.”

Kennedy pledged to Make America Healthy Again (MAHA), which sounds great in theory. However, many of Kennedy’s ideas about federal health policy could actually be implemented Made tons of people sick. Kennedy’s confirmation hearings have begun on Capitol Hill, and Trump’s transition team is already trying to make him seem a little less scary. The Wall Street Journal And I mentioned That Trump’s transition team recently sidelined some Kennedy aides over their beliefs on vaccines. At the same time, it It has been reported Heather Flake, a former Trump official from his first administration, has been appointed as Kennedy’s chief of staff at the Department of Health and Human Services. As one former senior Trump health official involved in transition discussions told Politico: “The White House definitely wants to make sure they have their people around.”