RFK Jr.'s ethics disclosure reveals free travel and hefty book advances

NPR | By Sydney Lupkin

Published September 22, 2026 at 4:46 PM EDT

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s latest financial disclosure reveals he accepted free flights to Fiji and Greece and lucrative book advances.

Sydney Lupkin

Sydney Lupkin is the pharmaceuticals correspondent for NPR, where she has reported on accelerated drug approvals whose confirmatory trials were overdue, Operation Warp Speed contract accountability, and the ripple effects of obesity drug shortages.

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