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In 2026, MAHA Action supported a bill to end liability protection for vaccine makers.

The company Grail, which is seeking FDA approval for its multi-cancer blood test, was a top sponsor of the MAHA Summit in late 2026.

Financial disclosure records stated that Robert F. Kennedy Jr. would be paid $10,000 for a book titled 'America’s Path Back to Moral Leadership' and that two of his three contracted books were already written.

Gavin de Becker has written the foreword to two books about ketamine.

According to a financial filing, Tony Lyons and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. reached an agreement over book advances in August 2024, the same month Kennedy ended his presidential campaign and endorsed President Trump.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has promoted ketamine as a therapy for depression.

Kathleen Clark, a law professor at Washington University in St. Louis, stated in an email that gifts to Robert F. Kennedy Jr. created a clear conflict of interest because his agency is reviewing a ketamine therapy for approval.

In financial disclosures for his Senate confirmation, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. stated he had earned $451,000 as a consultant for Skyhorse Publishing.

Gavin de Becker's 2025 book, 'Forbidden Facts: Government Deceit & Suppression About Brain Damage From Childhood Vaccines,' was published by Skyhorse, a company owned by Tony Lyons.

Tony Lyons, a publisher and associate of Robert F. Kennedy Jr., has a child with autism.

Kedric Payne of the Campaign Legal Center stated that federal rules have exceptions for gifts from friends.

Cheryl Hines, wife of Robert F. Kennedy Jr., accepted $210,000 in consulting fees from MAHA Action.

The Wall Street Journal previously reported on the flights and book advances received by Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

According to financial disclosure records from September 2026, Gavin de Becker paid for nearly $150,000 in airfares for Robert F. Kennedy Jr. in the preceding year, including a $45,000 trip to Greece in July 2025 and a nearly $97,000 trip to Fiji in November 2025.

The two books for which Robert F. Kennedy Jr. received advances are titled "Unsettled Science" and "A Defense of Israel."

Gavin de Becker stated that he has no business with the U.S. federal government, including the Department of Health and Human Services.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s September 2026 financial disclosure showed he accepted $126,000 worth of lodging in a Washington, D.C. home owned by his friend, Gavin de Becker.

Richard Painter, a former White House ethics counsel under President George W. Bush, said that the consulting fees paid to Cheryl Hines by MAHA Action "reeks of conflict of interest" and could appear to be a bribe.

HHS spokeswoman Emily Hilliard stated that Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. "complies with all applicable federal ethics laws, regulations and financial disclosure requirements."

Gavin de Becker previously contributed to Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s presidential campaign and was paid by the campaign to provide a security detail.