Was the “Worm” Leak to The New York Times Illegal?
Louis Conte | May 14, 2024
By Louis Conte, Headline Editor, The Kennedy Beacon
We all have had some fun with the
Kennedy’s approach to the “worm issue” demonstrates his honesty with the electorate about his flaws. Kennedy has opened his soul to us – warts, worms, and all.
Kennedy has openly discussed his past addiction to alcohol and drugs. His message of recovery has resonated and given people hope. Well, that parasitic worm is just something else that Kennedy has overcome.
A man who defeats parasites should do just fine against Donald Trump and Joe Biden.
I am sure that Craig over at the Times will frantically dig into the health histories of the other public officials and eventually uncover parasitic fauna lurking in digestive tracts and nervous systems of Democrats and Republicans all across America.
The Times might have to finally embrace Ivermectin.
In commenting on the Times article, Leila Fadel at NPR sympathetically noted, “It sounds pretty shocking, but it turns out he’s far from alone. Over a billion people worldwide currently have parasitic worms somewhere in their body, according to the World Health Organization…RFK Jr. says he’s fine and has no long-term consequences.”
But I found myself wondering: how did Craig acquire this unique bit of Kennedy health information?
That is an interesting issue.
It turns out that Craig found out about the worm in a deposition that Kennedy gave during divorce proceedings with his deceased ex-wife Mary Richardson Kennedy in Westchester County, NY.
That gave me pause. In my previous career, I was responsible for managing public access to government documents for a governmental subdivision for Westchester County government. I recall that some documents are never to be released to the public.
Among those documents that are never to be released are matters pertaining to divorce proceedings:
Divorce records are not public in New York, per Domestic Relations Law Section 235.
The Kennedy divorce documents should be held under lock and key in the offices of the Westchester County Clerk, Democrat Tim Idoni.
How did the deposition that Kennedy gave in that divorce deposition twelve years ago end up in the hands of the Times?
I did some research and found out that the records can only be released to the parties. That excludes the Times from asking a judge to give them access.
Craig notes that the Kennedy Campaign declined to provide the Times with his health records.
So how does Craig just happen to have sealed court documents that she is restricted from accessing by New York State law?
It may well be that the Times came by the divorce documents by illegal means. It is understood from case law that the Times can publish articles based on source documents that came to them illegally.
However, legal behavior is not necessarily ethical behavior.
The person or persons who gave the documents to the Times may have run afoul of the following New York State Penal Laws.
Here are those laws:
S 175.20 Tampering with public records in the second degree.
A person is guilty of tampering with public records in the second degree when, knowing that he does not have the authority of anyone entitled to grant it, he knowingly removes, mutilates, destroys, conceals, makes a false entry in or falsely alters any record or other written instrument filed with, deposited in, or otherwise constituting a record of a public office or public servant.
Tampering with public records in the second degree is a Class A misdemeanor.
S 175.25 Tampering with public records in the first degree.
A person is guilty of tampering with public records in the first degree when, knowing that he does not have the authority of anyone entitled to grant it, and with intent to defraud, he knowingly removes, mutilates, destroys, conceals, makes a false entry in or falsely alters any record or other written instrument filed with, deposited in, or otherwise constituting a record of a public office or public servant.
Tampering with public records in the first degree is a class D felony.
On Monday, I met with law enforcement officials in Westchester County who believe that Kennedy may be the victim of felony crimes.
If so, the Times will have yet another black mark plastered on its already tainted record.
The worm has turned.
A dead worm in the brain was funny in some respects, but we are continuing our investigation.
