Politico announced reporter Ryan Lizza would no longer cover Robert F. Kennedy Jr. after his ex-fiancée was reportedly in a personal relationship with the former candidate.
reporter Ryan Lizza announced he would no longer cover stories about Robert F. Kennedy Jr., due to the alleged « personal relationship » his former fiancée, Olivia Nuzzi, had with the 2024 presidential candidate.
In Politico Playbook on Friday, Lizza shared, « Because of my connection to this story through my ex-fiancée, my editors and I have agreed that I won’t be involved in any coverage of Kennedy in Playbook or elsewhere at POLITICO. »
Lizza and Nuzzi got engaged in 2022 but broke up some time earlier this year, according to the New York Post.
The Politico announcement comes on the heels of Nuzzi, a star reporter for New York magazine, being placed on leave by her employer because of the alleged relationship with Kennedy.
The magazine put out a statement on Thursday night saying that Nuzzi revealed to them that she had « a personal relationship » with a « former subject relevant to the 2024 campaign.
