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The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association is investigating Robert F. Kennedy Jr. after the resurfacing of a decades-old incident in which Kennedy allegedly drove a dead whales head across state lines, a representative for the agency told ABC News.
Kate Silverstein, a spokeswoman for NOAA Fisheries, told ABC News Monday that the agency was investigating Kennedy, confirming what the former independent presidential candidate told a crowd in Arizona over the weekend.
I received a letter from the National Marine Fisheries Institute saying that they were investigating me for collecting a whale specimen 20 years ago, Kennedy said at the event, where he was campaigning for former President Donald Trump, whom he endorsed after suspending his own campaign.
In a 2012 Town and Country article, Kennedys daughter, Kick Kennedy, told an anecdote about her fathers handling of a dead whale that washed up on a Massachusetts beach.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/federal-agency-investigating-rfk-jr-043100301.html
LisaM
(28,299 posts)Well, that's one way to phrase it, I guess.
Wonder Why
(4,300 posts)At least for a trump administraction (sic). Clown Hall of Flame founding father; Dead Bear in Central Park joker; Worm in Brainer? Worst case is that he goes full nuts and the world gets wiped out.
Sheesh! Making a big deal of nothing.
hlthe2b
(105,005 posts)and probably a dozen or so others. But, of course, he doesn't believe in infectious disease experts, vaccinologists, or any others with medical/scientific expertise. But he certainly could have infected his whole family with their plastic bag-covered faces inhaling body fluids...
GO AFTER HIM, NOAA!
Grins
(7,694 posts)Hauled up a huge whale bone. Tried to sell it on the web and got caught by the state and feds because its illegal to trade in whalebone.
A 5-figure fine and 6-months in county slammer was the result.