Olivia Nuzzi on leave after alleged affair with Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

A New York He was a magazine correspondent. He was placed on leave. On charges of engaging in a “personal” relationship with Robert F. Kennedy.

Prominent political journalist Olivia Nuzziwho has been the publication’s Washington correspondent since 2017, was He was recently placed on leave. Due to the revelation of an alleged affair with a former independent presidential candidate for 2024. Although Olivia did not name the politician, NBC News, Cited by New York Times and CNN, Reported as RFK, he is married to Cheryl Hines.

“Olivia Nuzzi admitted to the magazine’s editors that she had engaged in a personal relationship with a former person connected to the 2024 campaign while covering the campaign,” according to a statement issued on September 19 by the magazine. New York The magazine described this as a “violation of the magazine’s standards regarding conflicts of interest and disclosure.”

The magazine noted that the internal review of the work produced by the 31-year-old – who works with Politico’s chief Washington correspondent – Ryan Lisa—During the 2024 presidential campaign, we have so far found “no errors or evidence of bias.”

“She is currently on leave from the magazine, and the magazine is conducting a more comprehensive review by a third party,” the statement concluded. “We regret this breach of our readers’ trust.”