Robert F Kennedy campaign calls January 6 rioters ‘activists’ in email

Independent US presidential candidate's team later said statement in its fundraising email was an error' not reflective of his views

A spokesperson for the independent US presidential candidate Robert F Kennedy Jr said a passage in a fundraising email that called January 6 prisoners activists ... stripped of their constitutional liberties" was the result of an error by an outside contractor.

That statement was an error that does not reflect Mr Kennedy's views," the spokesperson, Stefanie Spear, told NBC News, which first reported the fundraising email. It was inserted by a new marketing contractor and slipped through the normal approval process."