It caused shockwaves nonetheless. And then Congress passed a law against just such a thing.
Lawmakers can still keep family on their campaign payroll, but a federal antinepotism law passed in 1967 now prohibits federal officials from hiring close relatives.
President Lyndon B. Johnson is believed to have strongly favored the legislation, given his dislike of Robert Kennedy. RFK served as attorney general under his brother, President John F. Kennedy, and the law has since become known as the “Bobby Kennedy law.”
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