Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has admitted to flying on Jeffrey Epstein's private jet. But will coming clean only cause trouble, given the conspiracies surrounding the deceased financier?
Newsweek reported the Kennedy scion chose to fly aboard the “Lolita Express,” Epstein's Boeing 727. Epstein often used his luxury airliner to transport influential guests to his small private island in the United States Virgin Islands.
A spokesperson for RFK Jr. explained his use of Epstein's private aircraft.
“Mary [Kennedy's wife] knew Epstein's girlfriend Ghislaine Maxwell, who learned that they were going to Palm Beach for Easter and offered their family a ride,” the representative said.
“Mary, Kennedy's wife, and two of their kids were on the flight,” they added.
Newsweek continues:
The independent 2024 presidential candidate was among a number of high-profile people who in 2021 were named as passengers on Epstein's jet, which was often used to transport guests to the financier's private Caribbean island, Little Saint James.
The Epstein scandal also continues to be a talking point in the run-up to the 2024 presidential election. In recent years, several high-profile names have been added to the list of Epstein's guests by social media users who have falsely targeted celebrities and politicians as part of an apparent campaign to link them to Epstein's crimes. There is no suggestion that those who did fly on the jet were involved in any illegal activity.
Amid mounting curiosity over Kennedy being listed as one of the passengers, a spokesperson for the former Democrat exclusively told Newsweek that he had “flown one time on Jeffrey Epstein's private plane. It was in 1993 from [New York City] to Palm Beach [Florida] to visit RFK Jr.'s mom for Easter.”
The spokesperson added that the private jet trip was made possible by Kennedy's then-wife, Mary Richardson Kennedy, who was friendly with Epstein's partner at the time, Ghislaine Maxwell. Richardson Kennedy passed away in 2012. Kennedy has been married to Curb Your Enthusiasm star Cheryl Hines since 2014.
Conspiracy theorists often falsely push the idea that everyone connected to Epstein was complicit in his sex crimes.
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