Trump’s top health nominee noted his resignation as part of his ethics agreement.
Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., the president’s nominee to run the Department of Health and Human Services, confirmed in federal documents he had parted ways with his nonprofit Children’s Health Defense.
In a Jan. 21 ethics agreement, the environmental lawyer and Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) figurehead said he resigned as the organization’s chairman of the board and chief legal counsel last month, before President Donald J. Trump took office.Kennedy first announced his resignation to the board in a letter on Dec. 4.
“Know that it has been one of my greatest privileges and honors to lead this group over all these years. I am confident that the group under your and the Board’s leadership will continue to do outstanding work defending the health and rights of children,” he wrote in the letter.
In the federal documents, he also pledged to keep his distance from matters involving Children’s Health Defense unless approved in line with executive branch ethics standards.
As of Jan. 23, the organization’s website listed Kennedy as its former board chair and founder. The Epoch Times has reached out to Children’s Health Defense for comment.
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