RFK Asked If He Could Give Paid Speeches As NY AG

Semafor reports:

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. didn’t run for office before in part because he couldn’t afford it. That’s what Kennedy told then-New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer, when Kennedy was considering running to replace him in 2006, Spitzer, the former New York governor, recalled.

In a meeting in Spitzer’s office, Kennedy asked whether he could continue to give paid speeches to outside groups while he was attorney general, Spitzer told Semafor. The would-be candidate explained that his responsibilities to his six children from two marriages had left him with expenses that simply couldn’t be covered by a government salary.

Spitzer, incredulous, told him that there was no way a top law enforcement officer could go around getting paid for speeches. Kennedy didn’t run for office.

Read the full article. Spitzer resigned as New York governor in 2008 in a prostitution scandal.

NEW: RFK Jr. didn’t run for office before in part because he couldn’t afford it.

That’s what Kennedy told then-New York AG Eliot Spitzer, when Kennedy was considering running to replace him, @semaforben reports.https://t.co/MeaicFKQ2J

— Semafor (@semafor) June 30, 2023