Trump Reportedly Won’t Tap RFK Jr.’s Daughter-In-Law To No. 2 CIA Post

President-elect Donald Trump is no longer considering Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s daughter-in-law to serve as deputy director of the CIA after a fierce campaign against her appointment by some Republican lawmakers, according to multiple reports.

Trump was reportedly weighing an appointment for Amaryllis Fox Kennedy — who is married to Kennedy’s son. The woman is a former undercover CIA officer and managed her father-in-law’s unsuccessful presidential campaign.

But the report prompted sharp pushback from Arkansas Sen. Tom Cotton (R), who will be the No. 3 Republican in the chamber next year. He is expected to chair the powerful Senate Intelligence Committee.

The Washington Post reported Monday that Cotton — one of the fiercest hawks in Congress — was concerned about Fox Kennedy’s past comments in which she advocated for listening to America’s enemies as the “only real way to disarm” them.

“I think the question we need to be asking as Americans examining our foreign policy is whether we’re pouring kerosene on a candle,” she said in a 2016 interview with Al Jazeera. “The only real way to disarm your enemy is to listen to them.”

She also wrote an in-depth memoir about her time in the CIA, which was reportedly submitted without going through a required government review process.

In the book, she described working for the CIA from 2002 to 2010, at one point posing as an art dealer in a foreign country.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was tapped as Trump’s choice to lead the Department of Health and Human Services, a highly controversial pick given his attacks on vaccine science and other government health programs like water fluoridation.

A spokesperson for the Trump transition would not confirm the reports on Fox Kennedy’s prospects in a statement to the Post.

“President-Elect Trump continues to make decisions on who will serve in his second Administration,” Karoline Leavitt told the paper. “Those decisions will continue to be announced when they are made.”