Amaryllis Fox Kennedy, daughter-in-law of US Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and a former CIA officer, has revealed why she stepped away from her role in the Trump administration, pointing to what she described as alarming misconduct and poor oversight within the intelligence community.
Speaking to The Wall Street Journal, Fox Kennedy said she became increasingly uncomfortable with the handling of taxpayer-funded resources, particularly after allegations surrounding the movement of gold bullion tied to a major federal investigation surfaced.
“I couldn’t keep signing the checks. I would have become complicit,” she told the publication, adding that the intelligence community’s “unsupervised movement of money and gold” raised serious constitutional concerns.
Resignation comes after CIA gold bar case
Her departure follows the arrest of senior CIA official David Rush, who was allegedly found with more than 300 gold bars valued at over $40 million at his Virginia home during an FBI raid, according to reports cited by Irish Star.
Fox Kennedy suggested the case pointed to institutional issues within US intelligence agencies. While she praised some intelligence operations as “brilliant” and worthy of public support, she also alleged that parts of the system had become “broken and corrupt.”
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She claimed certain activities involved domestic political operations that “no American would condone.”
The CIA, however, rejected suggestions of financial secrecy or lack of accountability. In a statement to The Wall Street Journal, a CIA spokesperson said the agency “keeps its oversight committees fully and currently informed regarding agency resources and expenditures.”
Praises Ratcliffe and Gabbard
Despite her criticism of intelligence agencies, Fox Kennedy praised CIA Director John Ratcliffe, former Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard and acting successor Bill Pulte, saying they were attempting to end the “weaponization” of federal institutions.
She also referenced an investigation launched under Ratcliffe that allegedly uncovered “decades-long fraud and misconduct” across several government departments, comments interpreted as a reference to the Rush case.
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Denies Iran policy disagreement
Fox Kennedy also denied speculation that her resignation stemmed from disagreements with President Donald Trump’s foreign policy, particularly regarding Iran.
She defended Operation Epic Fury, arguing it was aimed at preventing a larger future conflict with Tehran “with minimal casualties and no boots on the ground.”
“My concern isn’t about the president’s foreign policy,” she said. “It’s about the political weaponization of our security services here in the United States.”
She further warned that covert influence within Washington remained deeply entrenched, calling control of the capital “a trillion-dollar prize.”