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Robert F. Kennedy Jr.: “Even though my father continued to be his putative boss, he…”

Featuring: Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Independent | United States Secretary of Health and Human Services | National

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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. | Club Random with Bill Maher

Published | Video Starts at 13:16

So it was like it was a message. And then after that, he never spoke to my father again. Wow. Even though my father continued to be his putative boss, he was now at a direct pipeline to the White House. which is how it had always worked. So Jack was the only president he could not call directly. He had to go through my father, which he deeply resented. (13:16–13:22)

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Asserts that J. Edgar Hoover had a direct line to the White House, bypassing Robert F. Kennedy Sr.

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