Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. made a bizarre statement Friday, announcing he “won’t take sides” on the conspiracies surrounding the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks if he got into the Oval Office, and instead would push for “transparency” surrounding that horrible day.
“My take on 9/11: It’s hard to tell what is a conspiracy theory and what isn’t. But conspiracy theories flourish when the government routinely lies to the public,” Kennedy wrote in a post on X.
“As President I won’t take sides on 9/11 or any of the other debates. But I can promise is that I will open the files and usher in a new era of transparency,” the third-party candidate added.
Kennedy, 70, said his post was made in reference to renewed discussion about the deadly attack on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon after CBS News’ “60 Minutes” aired a video last month suggesting the government of Saudi Arabia knew about or was complicit in the assault that killed nearly 3,000 people.
Families of 9/11 victims slammed President Biden and former President Donald Trump on Tuesday for failing to mention the existence of the 1999 video, which showed a suspected Saudi spy filming the US Capitol months before Al Qaeda leaders chose which targets to hit, during their debate June 27.
The Capitol building is believed to have been one of the potential targets of United Flight 93, which crashed in a field in Shanksville, Pa. after passengers stormed the terrorist hijackers who had taken over the cockpit.
“It’s 23 years later, and our government has failed to bring us accountability, closure and justice. Our government fails to talk tough on the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia,” said Brett Eagleson, president of 9/11 Justice, at a press conference in Lower Manhattan.
The US government has maintained that Al Qaeda planned and executed the attacks without help from any government.
Kennedy said Friday that his transparency push will also expand to other things the “government may be covering up.”
“Trust it government is at an all-time low. The way to restore that trust is through honesty and transparency. That is my promise, and that is what will resolve any questions about 9/11, UAPs, and other contentious topics,” he said, using the official term for UFOs. “I am personally agnostic on those issues. My issue is TRANSPARENCY.”
Kennedy, the son of the late attorney general and senator from New York, is averaging 10.3% support nationally, according to the RealClearPolitics polling average.
The independent has previously stated that he believes the CIA to have been behind the assassination of his uncle, President John F. Kennedy, on Nov. 22, 1963.