Robert Kennedy Jr. skeptical about 9/11 findings

Conspiracy-curious presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is skeptical about the findings of the 9/11 commission.

The 69-year-old Democrat — who has quizzically challenged conventional wisdom about COVID-19, antidepressants and the assassination of his own uncle, John F. Kennedy — told CNN national security expert and podcaster Peter Bergen “there’s strange things that happened” during the terrorist attack that brought down three buildings in downtown Manhattan on Sept. 11, 2001.

“I don’t know what happened on 9/11,” Kennedy said during his “In the Room with Peter Bergen” interview, reported on by the Daily Beast.

But Kennedy — who made clear he’s no expert on the topic — said he finds it peculiar that 7 World Trade Center was destroyed after two commercial airliners struck the skyscrapers next to it, without hitting that building itself.

“I mean, I understand what the official explanation is, I understand that there is dissent,” Kennedy explained, again stating he isn’t a 9/11 scholar.

Conspiracy theorists have contended for decades without evidence that the destruction of 7 World Trade Center was an inside job of some sort.

Bergen, who has done extensive reporting on 9/11, pushed back by saying it’s not surprising a smaller building would be destroyed by fire and debris falling from where two planes hit a pair of much taller buildings nearby.

“I know there’s strange things that happened,” Kennedy said.

Bergen then doggedly asked Kennedy for clarity on his “strange things” claim.

“There’s nothing strange about it,” the host said.

Kennedy repeated he hasn’t personally examined the 2001 attack on the U.S. by Al Qaeda terrorists, admitting his own experiences — which include the assassination of his own father during the 1968 presidential campaign — have left him skeptical.

“Unfortunately for me, Peter, because it’s made my life kind of difficult, I don’t always accept official explanations,” he said.