For months Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s campaign has asked for Secret Service protection—two recent incidents suggest it might be needed.
Living in the shadows of “The Kennedy Curse,” Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.—known as RFK Jr. or “Bobby,” like his father—carries the burden of worry and fear that his presidential campaign—and life—could be cut short by an assassin’s bullet.
Until recently a Democrat, Mr. Kennedy has repeatedly asked President Joe Biden to grant him the courtesy of U.S. Secret Service protection, but Mr. Biden has yet to oblige. And, after falling out with the Party establishment over his stance against COVID-19 vaccine mandates and lax border policies, Mr. Kennedy—who said he was a “traditional Kennedy Democrat” as recently as Aug. 3 at the Saban Theatre in Beverly Hills—declared earlier this month he’ll break the family legacy and run as an Independent.
While some may still doubt whether his security concerns are real, two recent incidents could tell a different story and shed some light on Mr. Kennedy’s peculiar predicament.
Last week, an intruder was arrested at his Brentwood home in Los Angeles after being detained by Mr. Kennedy’s security detail, according to police.
The Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) told The Epoch Times officers responded to a burglary that morning to find a Jonathan Macht, 28, described as a white male wearing a green T-shirt. He was taken into custody, cited for trespassing, and released.
But, the suspect then returned to the Kennedy home and was arrested a second time for violating a protective order, and was held on $30,000 bail, police said.
And, new details have emerged about an armed man allegedly posing as a U.S. marshal who was arrested at an RFK Jr. campaign event in Los Angeles last month.
Adrian Paul Aispuro, 44, of Northridge, a neighborhood in Los Angeles County, was arrested on Sept. 15 outside the Wilshire Ebell Theatre, where Mr. Kennedy was to speak at a Hispanic Heritage Month event.
Mr. Aispuro was apprehended just after the event started and was carrying a loaded pistol in a shoulder holster as he attempted to enter the theater through a side door that wasn’t equipped with a metal detector.
By Brad Jones
