RFK's claim he 'always planned' to rehire fired HHS staff was never the plan: report

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the secretary of Health and Human Services, insisted this week that reinstating some employees and programs mistakenly cut during recent mass layoffs was "always the plan."

Not so, Politico reported Friday evening.

Kennedy claimed that about one-fifth of the 10,000 firings were made in error and that those affected would be rehired.

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