Raw Story: RFK Jr. botched his financial reports -- omitting $500,000 in anti-vax and law income

[Dennis Donovan]

Raw Story - (archived: https://archive.ph/GpppU ) RFK Jr. botched his financial reports — omitting $500,000 in anti-vax and law income

By Alexandria Jacobson, Investigative Reporter
December 17, 2024 6:03PM ET

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President-elect Donald Trump's pick to run the Department of Health and Human Services, failed to initially properly report more than half a million dollars in income from his anti-vax nonprofit and a law firm employer, according to new filings with U.S. Office of Government Ethics.

Kennedy's 2023 and 2024 public financial disclosure reports required during his run for president inaccurately reported his salary and bonuses by $503,794.41 from Children's Health Defense, a nonprofit Kennedy founded that has campaigned against vaccines, and JW Howard Attorneys, a California law firm that has litigated more than 40 cases against vaccine mandates and where Kennedy works as a constitutional and environmental litigator.

Two Dec. 11 letters to Shelley Finlayson, acting director of the U.S. Office of Government Ethics, amended the reports and said that Kennedy reported his net pay instead of his gross pay for the two groups, leading to the misreported hundreds of thousands of dollars in income.

Kennedy actually earned $836,571.25 from Children's Health Defense, instead of the $515,960 as reported in June 2023. For his 2024 report, Kennedy's income for the nonprofit was actually $326,056 instead of $215,510.53 initially reported.

He failed to report earning $481,732 from JW Howard Attorneys on his 2024 report, erroneously reporting a salary of $409,094.31 in July 2024.

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[mercuryblues]

1. That wasn't a botch

That was an on purpose omission.

[Irish_Dem]

3. Of course it was on purpose. How do you forget half a million dollars?

[Abolishinist]

2. Could happen to anyone! He needs to use TurboTax.

For example, who hasn't done one or more of the following:

* Forget to sign and date your return
* Not put enough postage on the envelope
* Send your tax return to the wrong IRS office
* Forget to include the necessary forms
* Arrange tax forms in the wrong order

You can avoid all of these mistakes and more by e-filing your return using tax software such as TurboTax. According to the IRS , the error rate for paper returns is 21%, compared with less than 1% among e-filed returns.

[multigraincracker]

4. Poor handling of personal finances can be a sign of cognitive decline

Or brain worms.