Amaryllis Fox Kennedy, the daughter-in-law of Robert F. Kennedy Jr., has revealed that she resigned from her roles in the Trump administration due to concerns over the CIA's unsupervised movement of money and gold. The former deputy director of national intelligence and member of the President's Intelligence Advisory Board initially cited financial reasons for stepping down last month.
In an interview with The Wall Street Journal, Fox Kennedy stated that she could not continue signing off on expenditures without proper oversight. '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,' she said.
Her comments come shortly after the arrest of senior CIA official David Rush, who was found with over 300 gold bars worth more than $40 million at his home in Virginia. Fox Kennedy described this as emblematic of broader cultural issues within the intelligence community.
While praising some intelligence work as 'brilliant, courageous, and everything an American would be proud to fund,' she criticised other activities as 'broken and corrupt,' resulting in domestic political actions that 'no American would condone.' She declined to elaborate on national security grounds.
A CIA spokeswoman disputed her claims, stating that the agency keeps its oversight committees fully informed. She also noted that an investigation under CIA Director John Ratcliffe uncovered decades-long fraud, leading to Rush's arrest. Fox Kennedy responded by praising Ratcliffe, former DNI Tulsi Gabbard, and acting DNI Bill Pulte for their efforts to end the 'weaponization' of federal agencies.
Fox Kennedy denied that her resignation was linked to President Trump's decision to attack Iran, describing Operation Epic Fury as 'future-proofing' against a larger conflict. She emphasised that her concerns lie with the political use of security services, not foreign policy.
