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Fact-checking RFK Jr.'s statement on Jan. 6

Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has a history of making false statements and promoting misinformation.

Here & Now‘s Robin Young speaks with Amy Sherman, senior correspondent with our editorial partner PolitiFact from the Poynter Institute, about a recent statement Kennedy made about the Jan. 6 Capitol attack, which he later retracted.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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