Robert F. Kennedy Jr. isn’t shirking from the limelight amid his bombshell sexting scandal with New York Magazine’s Olivia Nuzzi.
On Monday, Kennedy appeared at an event on Capitol Hill and posed for photos with prominent Republican lawmakers.
Ahead of the Monday event, GOP Rep. Thomas Massie shared a picture with Kennedy, noting that they had dined together Sunday night.
Fellow Republicans, Sen. Ted Cruz and Rep. Chip Roy, also shared snaps with Kennedy, while Sen. Ron Johnson had him appear on a panel discussion entitled: ‘American Health and Nutrition: A Second Opinion.’
The tour of Washington comes as Kennedy is reportedly considering suing Nuzzi over the pornographic content she sent to him.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (right) isn’t shirking from the limelight amid his sexting scandal. He was on Capitol Hill Monday for an event hosted by Sen. Ron Johnson and dined with Rep. Thomas Massie (left) in Washington Sunday night
Rep. Thomas Massie shared that he had had dinner with former independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Sunday night, sharing the picture Monday morning
Republican Sen. Ted Cruz (right) also posted a picture with Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (left) amid the sexting scandal. Kennedy dropped out of the presidential race last month and endorsed the GOP nominee, former President Donald Trump
Jessica Read Kraus, who writes the popular House Inhabit Substack, wrote Saturday that Kennedy is exploring his legal options after Nuzzi allegedly ‘bombarded him with increasingly pornographic photos and videos.’
Kraus, who has generally covered Kennedy in a positive manner, wrote that Nuzzi would prod her for information about the now-former presidential candidate.
‘There was an undercurrent of fascination that went beyond journalistic intrigue, bordering on obsession,’ she wrote.
Nuzzi’s ‘constant desire for updates, coupled with the tone of her inquiries, made it clear she wasn’t merely reporting: She was weaving some kind of fantasy.’
‘I could sense her emotional investment growing. In that shift, the gossip centered less on politics and more on tracking and dissecting his every move,’ Kraus said.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was part of a Senate discussion assembled by Republican Sen. Ron Johnson on Capitol Hill Monday
She reported that those in Kennedy’s orbit believe Nuzzi was trying to ‘set him up.’
Nuzzi, Kraus reported, made a ‘flirtatious remark during a phone conversation,’ which led the independent candidate to block the prominent journalist.
In turn, Nuzzi reached out to Kennedy via email to have him unblock her number ‘but later that night, she sent him a provocative picture, prompting him to block her again,’ Kraus’ account said.
Security expert Gavin de Becker is investigating the situation to see if Kennedy can file a civil suit against Nuzzi, Kraus reported.
‘This has nothing to do with romance,’ de Becker told Kraus. ‘He was being chased by porn.’
The Daily Beast reported Sunday that the sexting scandal came to light due to Kennedy boasting to friends that he had intimate photos of Nuzzi – and word made it back to New York’s editor-in-chief David Haskell.
Nuzzi hasn’t responded to outreach from DailyMail.com.
Kennedy dropped out of the presidential race in August, a day after the Democratic National Convention concluded, and endorsed Republican nominee, former President Donald Trump.
Kennedy, a prominent anti-vaxxer, said that he and Trump are aligned on the goal of making Americans healthy again.
During his afternoon spent on Capitol Hill, Kennedy talked about overmedicating Americans and how disturbed he is that micro-plastics are being found in people’s brains.
He also volunteered that he didn’t eat anything that came in a package, pushing that Americans needed to get away from processed food.
Johnson, a Wisconsin Republican, commended Kennedy’s work in this arena.
‘I don’t know anybody who’s been more vilified and ridiculed and marginalized or canceled or paid as heavy a personal price for advocating for children’s health, for making decisions you made over the last couple of years and literally in the last month or two,’ Johnson – a strong supporter of Trump – said of Kennedy.
