DOSSIER: CLS-072 · SUBJECT: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. · CLASSIFICATION: PUBLIC
METHODOLOGY: SYMMETRIC · STATUS: ACTIVE
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72. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (R)D 4.5 [Personnel File Pending]

26th U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services 2025-present · Founder Children's Health Defense · Environmental attorney (Hudson Riverkeeper) · Son of Robert F. Kennedy Sr. (1968 D candidate) and nephew of JFK · 2024 candidate (D primary withdrew, then Independent until Aug 2024 Trump endorsement)
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Drag: M13 Score 2 named anchor — sustained 2005-2024 misinformation campaign tying vaccines to autism (1998 Lancet study by Andrew Wakefield retracted 2010 + multiple meta-analyses found no causal link; RFK Jr sustained the claim through 2024 against scientific consensus); 2014 Samoa measles vaccine campaign opposition preceded 2019 Samoa measles outbreak that killed 83 children (causation contested); M14 Score 4 — substantial engagement with scientific literature but contested interpretation; M09 Score 4 sustained D-to-R transition 2024 with policy framework reversals; M07 Score 4 sustained silence on Trump conduct since August 2024 endorsement. Strengths: M03 + M05 generally civil discourse tone; M14 environmental-law substantive engagement (Hudson Riverkeeper 1984-present); pre-political Children's Health Defense legal advocacy. No Severity flag — misinformation falls under M13 not criterion-class.

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