Robert F. Kennedy Jr. defends using campaign donations to pay family members
Independent presidential candidate Robert. F. Kennedy Jr.’s campaign is defending the use of donor funds to pay Kennedy family members’ salaries, according to a Raw Story review of federal election records.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s daughter-in-law, Amaryllis Kennedy, and the nephew of his wife, Jackson Hines, have appeared on the campaign’s payroll in recent months.
“Though Amaryllis and Jackson are family members of the candidate by marriage, their role is based on the functional business needs of the campaign and the work that they perform in the capacity of their role,” Team Kennedy Chief Operating Officer Matthew Sanders wrote to the Federal Election Commission on Jan. 19. “As shown above, Amaryllis and Jackson provided bona fide services to the campaign and the campaign's payments for their services were not in excess of fair market value.”...