A former aide to Robert F. Kennedy Jr. accidentally crashed her car into the Health and Human Services secretary's vehicle after he abruptly fired her.
Hannah Anderson was removed as deputy chief of staff for policy in June after only a few months on the job. She was so distraught by her dismissal that she accidentally backed into Kennedy's vehicle, reported The Daily Beast.
The minor crash was first reported by the Wall Street Journal in a lengthy account of the infighting within the so-called Make America Healthy Again movement, including the forced resignation of Dr. Vinay Prasad as the Food and Drug Administration’s top vaccine official and head of the Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research.
Anderson, who had previously served as director of the Center for a Healthy America at the Trump-aligned America First Policy Institute, was dismissed along with then-Chief of Staff Heather Flick Melanson during a major leadership change at the Department of Health and Human Services.
Prasad was forced out in July under pressure from far-right influencer Laura Loomer but later reinstated after Kennedy and FDA commissioner Marty Makary pleaded for his return to White House chief of staff Susie Wiles.
The turmoil continued into last week, when Susan Monarez stepped down as head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention after just weeks on the job after clashing with Kennedy on vaccine policy, and the White House issued a statement afterward saying she was “not aligned with the president’s agenda.”