Bloomberg: RFK Jr. Warns FDA Staff of 'Deep State' in All-Hands Meeting

[Dennis Donovan]

Bloomberg - (archived: https://archive.ph/t2jBc ) RFK Jr. Warns FDA Staff of ‘Deep State’ in All-Hands Meeting

By Riley Griffin and Nyah Phengsitthy
April 11, 2025 at 7:50 PM UTC

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. warned Food and Drug Administration staff about the influence of the “deep state” on the agency in an all-hands meeting Friday where he also made off-color comments about children with developmental disabilities.

FDA employees gathered at the agency’s Maryland-based headquarters for a “viewing party” to watch FDA commissioner Marty Makary and the Department of Health and Human Services secretary, who spoke from a separate room in the same building, according to an invitation seen by Bloomberg News and people familiar with the meeting.

Makary and Kennedy began by laying out their vision for the FDA: examining the US food supply, making regulation more transparent and improving public health.

But the meeting quickly turned to warnings of the “deep state” and influence of the Central Intelligence Agency, according to audio and transcripts obtained by Bloomberg News. The HHS chief encouraged whistleblowers to speak up if their supervisors push to approve unsafe products.

“The deep state is real,” Kennedy said. “There are institutional pressures that affect every institution that’s created by human beings.”

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[Initech]

1. He is the deep state now!

[sakabatou]

2. It just keeps getting worse.