I spent four days with Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. Here's what happened, CapCon Q&A with FEMA

Read about the bizarre week I had in Albany with RFK, Jr.

Good afternoon — it’s Friday and National Book Lovers Day.

FRIDAY, AUGUST 9, 2024

TODAY’S CAPCON:

• I spent four days this week with Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. in Albany. Here’s what happened in what was truly a bizarre series of events.

• A CapCon Q&A with FEMA’s Jeremy Greenberg on Debby in New York.

• We’ll be back to your regular CapCon newsletter programming Monday.

🌧️ Tonight’s Weather: Albany: Rain expected, high 60s. New York City: Rain, low 70s. (National Weather Service)

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⚖️ I spent four days with Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. Here’s what happened.

🏃 The independent presidential candidate was in Albany this week for a trial that could determine his spot on the ballot in New York. I was there every day.

If you had told me five years ago that I would cover not one, but two trials involving Robert F. KENNEDY, Jr. by the 2024 election, I wouldn’t have believed it.

• But that’s where I found myself this week: in an Albany courtroom with the nephew of former President John F. Kennedy himself.

Kennedy was in Albany this week for a four-day trial over whether his campaign broke election law when it claimed an address in Westchester County was the candidate’s home.

• Kennedy’s campaign filed about 146,000 signatures with the state Board of Elections this year to secure his spot on the ballot.

• But they used that address when collecting those signatures and filing them with the agency.

The trial was bizarre and filled with twists and turns that I don’t think anyone — including Kennedy himself — saw coming.