Robert F. Kennedy Jr. recently sat with longtime friend and journalist David Samuels for a five-hour interview in which the newly announced Democratic candidate for president offers a wide-ranging and candid glimpse into his life and that of the Kennedy clan, neither shying away from his own personal trials nor backing away from controversial political positions.
The discussion, published in Tablet (which bills itself as “a Jewish magazine about the world”), includes a deep dive into his father’s reaction and suspicions in the wake of the assassination of his uncle John F. Kennedy. He also explains why he doesn’t think the shots fired by Sirhan Sirhan killed his father.
In his captivating introduction to the interview, Samuels writes:
He believes that conspiracy theories are not only real but define American reality. He grew up believing that the CIA most likely assassinated his uncle Jack, and lately, he has come to believe that it also assassinated his father. To walk through American…
