Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

Robert Francis Kennedy Jr., also known by his initials RFK Jr., is an American politician, environmental lawyer, anti-vaccine activist, and conspiracy theorist. He is the chairman and founder of Children's Health Defense, an anti-vaccine advocacy group that is a leading proponent of COVID-19 vaccine misinformation, and an independent candidate in the 2024 United States presidential election. A member of the Kennedy family, he is a son of the U.S. attorney general and senator Robert F. Kennedy, and a nephew of the U.S. president John F. Kennedy and the senator Ted Kennedy.

Some of the key events about Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

1974
Graduated cum laude from Harvard University
1983
Passed the New York bar exam and began working as an assistant district attorney in Manhattan
1983
Arrested for heroin possession in South Dakota
1984
Founded and became president of the New York State Fishers for Clean Water
1984
Pleaded guilty to heroin possession charges
1986
Established the Environmental Litigation Clinic at Pace University School of Law
1999
Published "The Riverkeepers", a book about environmental activism
2000
Served as senior attorney for the Natural Resources Defense Council
2000
Arrested for trespassing at Camp Garcia, Vieques, Puerto Rico during protests
2001
Became a clinical professor and supervising attorney at Pace University School of Law's Environmental Litigation Clinic
2001
Jailed for 30 days for trespassing during protests in Vieques, Puerto Rico
2003
Founded Waterkeeper Alliance, an international environmental organization
2005
Published "Crimes Against Nature", a book criticizing the George W. Bush administration's environmental policies
2013
Compared the number of children with autism to a Holocaust during an anti-vaccine speech
2014
Published a book promoting debunked links between vaccines and autism
2016
Received the Stroud Award for Freshwater Excellence from the Stroud Water Research Center
2017
Offered to lead a vaccine safety commission, drawing criticism from medical professionals
2019
Family members publicly criticized anti-vaccine advocacy
2021
Instagram account banned for spreading misinformation about COVID-19 and vaccines
2022
Compared COVID-19 safety measures to conditions in Nazi Germany, drawing widespread condemnation

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