Max Kennedy Jr.

Matthew Maxwell Taylor Kennedy Jr. (born September 18, 1993) is an American government volunteer, political organizer, and member of the Kennedy family. He is the whistleblower who sent a complaint to the United States House Committee on Oversight and Reform regarding the White House Coronavirus Task Force, which he worked on as a volunteer. Kennedy worked for the Democratic Party on their 2020 campaign efforts.

Biography Kennedy was born on September 18, 1993, to Victoria Anne Strauss and Max Kennedy. He is a grandson of Robert F. Kennedy and Ethel Kennedy. Kennedy grew up in Hyannis Port, Massachusetts, near the Kennedy Compound. As a teenager he volunteered with Riverkeeper. He graduated from Harvard University in 2016. A lifelong Democrat, Kennedy felt torn about volunteering to work in the Trump Administration, but decided the job "didn't seem political." He joined the White House Coronavirus Task Force's Supply-Chain Task Force, led by President Donald Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kushner, that formed to provide protective equipment to places where outbreaks of the virus had occurred. He and other volunteers were responsible for obtaining medical supplies using their own personal computers and private email accounts. Kennedy was pressured by Brad Smith, an appointee directing the task force, to create a model with false information on the projected number of coronavirus fatalities in the United States. Kennedy declined to perform the assignment. Kennedy referred to the Trump Administration's coronavirus response as "family office meets organized crime, melded with Lord of the Flies" and called it "a government of chaos."

Kennedy is featured in Alex Gibney's 2020 documentary Totally Under Control.