Kennedy’s whale saga began after a 2012 interview with his daughter resurfaced where described her father decapitating the dead marine animal and driving it across state lines.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. says he is being investigated over accusations that he illegally transported a whale skull across state lines decades ago.

One of his daughters, Kathleen “Kick” Kennedy, described in a 2012 article how her father cut the head off a dead whale that had washed ashore and bungee-corded it to the family’s car.

He made the claim at a campaign event for former President Donald J. Trump, whom he endorsed after ending his troubled independent bid for the presidency.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said that he was being investigated by the National Marine Fisheries Service for collecting a whale specimen. Kennedy told an audience during a campaign event for former President Donald Trump with former Hawaii Rep.

An investigation into Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has been launched over an incident from the 1990s, involving the decapitation of a dead whale and transportation of its skull across state lines, possibly violating environmental laws.