RFK Jr’s daughter-in-law reveals she quit Trump team over unsupervised movement of gold and cash by spies____118____
Former Trump intelligence official Amaryllis Fox Kennedy has revealed why she stepped down from her multiple roles in the administration last month.
RFK Jr's daughter-in-law had claimed she was stepping down as deputy director of national intelligence and leaving the President's Intelligence Advisory Board "to keep her family financially on track".
But speaking to The Wall Street Journal, Fox Kennedy said she actually quit over concerns about the CIA's use of taxpayer funds, particularly the unsupervised movement of gold bullion.
"I couldn't keep signing the checks. I would have become complicit," the 45 year-old told the WSJ.
"Until there's functional oversight of the intelligence community's ample and unsupervised movement of money and gold, we are stuck living in something less than the constitutional republic our founders designed."
Amaryllis Fox Kennedy has said she left her roles within the Trump administration last month over her concerns about a lack of oversight on CIA spending (Office of the Director of National Intelligence)
Fox Kennedy, a former CIA officer herself, was speaking days after arrest of senior CIA official David Rush.
Rush was found to have more than 300 gold bars, worth over $40 million, stashed at his home in Ashburn, Virginia, when he was picked up by the FBI, a situation the former official said was emblematic of broader cultural problems within the community.
She said that some of the intelligence work she had observed since joining the Trump administration was "brilliant, courageous, and everything an American would be proud to fund."
Other activities, however, "are broken and corrupt and result in domestic political activities that no American would condone," Fox Kennedy added, declining to specify on national security grounds.
She said she ultimately decided to resign because she felt certain intelligence agencies were stonewalling elected leaders.
A CIA spokeswoman disputed her claims, telling the Journal in a statement: "The CIA keeps its oversight committees fully and currently informed regarding agency resources and expenditures."
Fox Kennedy praised former director of national intelligence Tulsi Gabbard and CIA Director John Ratcliffe for 'doing the Lord's work' in attempting to root out the 'weaponization' of agencies (AFP/Getty)
She also pointed out that an agency investigation under CIA Director John Ratcliffe "uncovered decades-long fraud and misconduct spanning across U.S. government agencies and departments, leading to an arrest by the Federal Bureau of Investigation," alluding to the Rush case.
Responding to the CIA's rebuttal, Fox Kennedy subsequently told the Journal she believed Ratcliffe, former director of national intelligence Tulsi Gabbard and the latter's acting successor Bill Pulte "are doing the Lord's work."
She warned against the "weaponization" of federal agencies and declared that the trio's "greatest legacy will be working to bring it to an end."
In the same interview, Fox Kennedy denied that the real reason she had left her positions within the administration was because she disapproved of President Donald Trump's decision to attack Iran, as Joe Kent did in March.
She said she believed the launch of Operation Epic Fury on February 28 was about "future-proofing" against the prospect of a more protracted conflict with Tehran in years to come.
Trump had crushed "the seed of a future full-blown war while it can still be done with minimal casualties and no boots on the ground," she said.
"My concern isn't about the president's foreign policy," Fox Kennedy concluded. "It's about the political weaponization of our security services here in the United States.
"The swamp thrives on its ability to wield covert resources to affect political outcomes. Control of Washington is, after all, a trillion-dollar prize."
The Independent has reached out to the CIA and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence for comment. ***118***
FBI Assisting After Graham’s Sudden Death As Questions Continue
FBI Assisting After Graham’s Sudden Death As Questions Continue
The sudden death of one of Washington’s most influential Republicans continues to generate questions, with a new announcement from the FBI adding another development to an already closely watched story.
While many public figures have speculated about what may have happened, federal officials have so far limited their comments to confirming they are assisting authorities as the investigation into Sen. Lindsey Graham’s death continues.
FBI Director Kash Patel announced Sunday that the Federal Bureau of Investigation is assisting local authorities following the unexpected death of Sen. Lindsey Graham, who died Saturday at the age of 71 after what his office described as a “brief and sudden illness.”
“Our FBI is assisting local authorities and has made every necessary resource available,” Patel wrote on X.
Patel did not elaborate on the nature of the FBI’s assistance, and neither the bureau nor local authorities have indicated that foul play is suspected.
Graham’s office announced his death early Sunday morning but did not disclose an official cause of death.
According to multiple reports, emergency dispatchers received a 911 call from Graham’s Washington, D.C., residence at approximately 8:30 p.m. Saturday for a person experiencing cardiac arrest.
Authorities have not publicly released the findings of any medical examination, and no official cause of death has been announced.
The longtime South Carolina senator had just returned from a trip to Ukraine, where he met with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and visited Ukrainian military facilities while reaffirming his support for continued U.S. backing in the country’s war against Russia.
Graham had also been one of the Senate’s most outspoken advocates for strong action against Iran and other U.S. adversaries.
Following news of his death, Iranian state television aired comments from a presenter celebrating Graham’s passing because of his outspoken positions on Iran and U.S. foreign policy.
The combination of Graham’s high-profile national security role, his recent overseas travel and the absence of an official cause of death has prompted widespread public speculation online.
Megan Mobbs, director of the Center for American Safety and Security at the Independent Women’s Forum, argued that a cardiac arrest call alone does not explain what caused Graham’s heart to stop.
“Cardiac arrest tells us how his life ended. It does not tell us why his heart stopped,” Mobbs wrote on X.
She said the circumstances warranted “a complete forensic autopsy, preservation of all relevant biological specimens, comprehensive toxicology and histology, and consultation with federal law enforcement and counterintelligence authorities.”
Conservative commentator Matt Van Swol questioned the timing of Graham’s death, pointing to recent video showing the senator appearing healthy during his trip to Ukraine.
Meanwhile, conservative activist Laura Loomer called for a full investigation, citing past threats made against Graham by individuals associated with Russia.
Others urged caution against jumping to conclusions.
Townhall columnist Dustin Grage wrote that a source told him Graham had dealt with blood pressure issues for decades and noted that the senator’s father also died from cardiac arrest at age 69.
“I know the conspiracy theories won’t stop, but sometimes life just happens. Not everything is a conspiracy,” Grage wrote.
Radio host Dana Loesch echoed that sentiment, saying sudden cardiac events often occur without warning.
For now, the confirmed facts remain limited: Graham died following what his office called a brief and sudden illness, the FBI has confirmed it is assisting local authorities, and officials have not announced an official cause of death.
Until additional information is released by investigators or the medical examiner, questions surrounding the circumstances of Graham’s death are likely to continue.
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'HE WON'T SURVIVE' – FRIGHTENING NEW TRUMP PREDICTION SHAKES D.C.
Rosie O’Donnell Makes Chilling Prediction About Trump’s Future
Actress and comedian Rosie O’Donnell has made it clear that she does not like President Donald Trump, and he feels the same way about her.
In fact, O’Donnell was so upset by Trump’s 2024 victory, she packed up and moved to Ireland.
But she has returned at least once since she relocated there in January 2025, and she continues to make appearances on U.S.-based political news programs.
On Friday, for instance, she appeared on Jake Tapper’s CNN program to claim, without any evidence, that Trump’s health was declining the way Joe Biden declined during his term.
O’Donnell predicted that Trump would die before the end of his term because his demise is visible and apparent to everyone who is not willfully blind.
Tapper had asked O’Donnell if she intended to return to the United States once Trump leaves office in January 2029.
The comedian then responded that she didn’t think he would last that long, claiming his alleged cognitive decline is obvious.
To support her claim, she pointed to Trump’s mistakenly referring to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy as “Putin” during the NATO summit last week in Ankara, Turkey.
“He makes the kind of mistakes that you would forgive at Thanksgiving dinner, but you would never let grandpa cut the turkey — because it might be dangerous because he doesn’t know what he’s saying,” she said.
Tapper noted that Trump also appeared to refer to Iran as the “Islamic Republic of Japan” in recent remarks.
O’Donnell claimed that was further evidence of what she called his “dementia.”
Neither O’Donnell nor Tapper applied the same standard during President Biden’s very obvious mental decline while in office, however.
The actress also falsely claimed that under Trump “fascism has already arrived” in the U.S., while criticizing left-wing Democrats for not treating the current situation as emergent, the Washington Times reported.
The latest remarks add to the long-running public feud between O’Donnell and Trump.
Trump has repeatedly criticized O’Donnell on Truth Social and has threatened to revoke her citizenship, referring to her as a “Threat to Humanity.”
O’Donnell’s comments mirror similar accusations from other prominent Democrats.
Earlier this month, Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker suggested in an interview with CNN that Trump’s rhetoric reflected “dementia.”
The White House rejected the claim, calling it a “desperate” attempt to gain attention and defending the president’s health as “exceptional.”
O’Donnell “quietly” returned to the U.S. in February unannounced. At one point during her visit, she gave former CNN host Chris Cuomo an interview for his SiriusXM show “Cuomo Mornings.”
“I was recently home for two weeks, and I did not really tell anyone,” she told Cuomo.
“I just went to see my family. I wanted to see how hard it would be for me to get in and out of the country,” she said, hinting that it was somehow harder to do since Trump came back into office.
“I wanted to feel what it felt like. I wanted to hold my children again. And I hadn’t been home in over a year,” she said.
O’Donnell then said she “wanted to make sure that it was safe” to return before summer when her daughter was on school break.
She then said America “feels like a very different country” to her than when she lived here.
That’s because she hasn’t “been watching the news” or keeping up with “American culture television” while living in Ireland, she said.
“I’ve been in a place where celebrity worship does not exist,” she said.
“I’ve been in a place where there’s more balance to the news. There’s more balance to life,” O’Donnell went on.
“It’s not everyone trying to get more, more, more. It’s a very different culture. And I felt the United States in a completely different way than I ever had before I left,” she said.
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