Epstein files reveal strange dinosaur bone hunting trip involving Trump's health secretary RFK Jr

Epstein files resurface with bizarre dinosaur hunt link to RFK Jr. (Image credit: The New York Times)

• Robert F. Kennedy Jr. joined Epstein and Maxwell on a 2012 dinosaur bone hunt.
• Emails reveal Kennedy's links to Epstein, including travel on Epstein's plane
• Fossil trip on Pine Ridge Reservation sparks tribal permission concerns.

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Donald Trump's Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has become the latest MAGA Republican to face scrutiny over alleged links to Jeffrey Epstein, with the connections drawing widespread attention.

According to emails made public in the Department of Justice’s latest Epstein File dump, the anti-vaccination health secretary previously went hunting for dinosaur bones with Jeffrey Epstein, his long-time associate Ghislaine Maxwell, a convicted sex offender.

The unusual revelation emerged from an email exchange between the two sex predators, Epstein and Maxwell, shedding light on the deep "friendships" they shared with influential figures.

An email changed, dating back to 2012, indicates that Trump's health secretary joined the duo on a trip, years before Epstein died in a Manhattan jail before trial.

One email shows Epstein informing Maxwell about a "dinosaur and fossil hunting with Jack Horner on the ranch," where they “found 90 million-year-old clams and fossils.”

Epstein followed up by saying, Right up your alley." Maxwell replied, "Love that," and reminded the paedophile, "didn't we go fossil hunting with him and Bobby Kennedy in N Dakota?", which Epstein confirmed.

While the revelation is bizarre, it's not entirely new. Last year, Maxwell, who is serving a 20-year prison sentence, disclosed that the dinosaur bones hunting trip during an interview with Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche. "Bobby Kennedy knew him," she said, seemingly catching Blanche off guard.

Sorry? Say that again about Bobby Kennedy?" Blanche asked, prompting Maxwell to say that Robert Kennedy, aka Bobby, knew Epstein. When asked, "How do you know that?" she had revealed, "Because we went on a trip together...We went... dinosaur bone hunting in the Dakotas."

The Daily Beast reported that the dinosaur bone hunting trip took place on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, where collecting fossils without explicit tribal permission is considered looting. Bobby Kennedy has previously admitted to travelling on Epstein’s plane.