Despite a campaign platform that preaches transparency, independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. is delaying revealing his personal finances — again.
Kennedy today requested a second extension to file a personal financial disclosure report required of all presidential candidates, delaying when voters will have the opportunity to see the wealthy Kennedy family member's personal finances.
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"Mr. Kennedy has been diligently gathering and reviewing extensive financial information but needs additional time to complete his report. Accordingly, there is good cause for extending the filing deadline to July 12, 2024," wrote Lorenzo Holloway, counsel to Kennedy, on Monday.
Lisa J. Stevenson, acting general counsel and designated agency ethics official for the Federal Election Commission, granted the 11-day extension request.
Kennedy is hardly the only presidential candidate who delayed releasing his public financial disclosure originally due May 15.
Former President Donald Trump was granted until Aug. 15 to submit his disclosure — required by federal law and intended to provide the public with transparency about the personal finances of executive branch leaders and candidates in order to reveal any potential conflicts of interest.
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President Joe Biden filed his annual financial disclosure on May 13.
Kennedy requested his first extension of this year on May 7. Kennedy, who entered the race as a Democrat in April 2023, delayed his financial disclosure last year, as well.
Last year, Kennedy's then-campaign manager cited "the press of business in the past 30 days, since his announcement has been so extraordinary, the demands on Mr. Kennedy's time have been great, and his presence at various venues across the country, requires extra time to produce the report,” according to a May 22, 2023, letter from his then-campaign manager, ex-Rep. Dennis J. Kucinich, who himself is now running for Congress.
In June 2023, Kennedy reported on his financial disclosure income of $7.8 million from his environmental law firm and consulting work, along with a salary from Children’s Health Defense, a nonprofit Kennedy founded that has campaigned against vaccines, The Seattle Times reported. Despite his environmental work, Kennedy reported earning tens of thousands of dollars from an oil and gas rights leasing company, Arctic Royalty Limited Partnership, Politico reported.
Forbes estimated Kennedy's net worth to be about $15 million, including the assets of his wife, actress Cheryl Hines.
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Kennedy is polling just over 9 percent nationally as of Monday, compared to Trump and Biden, who are polling at 41.8 percent and 40.4 percent, respectively, according to FiveThirtyEight. Kennedy failed to qualify for CNN's debate with Biden and Trump last week.
Kennedy's campaign and Holloway did not respond to Raw Story's request for comment by the time of publication.
During the campaign, Kennedy's financial transparency ideas have included "putting the entire U.S. budget on blockchain" and enacting a suite of government integrity reforms, including getting "money out of politics."
