Robert F. Kennedy Jr., independent candidate for president of the United States, filed a complaint with the Federal Election Commission against the American broadcaster CNN for having excluded him and other candidates from the debate that will bring together Democratic President Joe Biden and his Republican opponent, Donald Trump, on June 27th.
According to the Associated Press, Kennedy’s lawyer, Lorenzo Holloway, said in a statement sent to the Federal Election Commission that “CNN is making prohibited corporate contributions to both the campaigns and the committee. [de campanha] of Biden and the Trump committee accepted these prohibited corporate contributions”, in a reference to the exposure that the two candidates will have as the only participants in the debate.
CNN alleges that Kennedy and other candidates have not yet met the requirements established by the broadcaster for participation in the debate: ensuring the inclusion of their name on ballots in states that have at least 270 votes in the Electoral College, the minimum necessary to win the election. presidential election, and reach at least 15% in four “reliable” polls by June 20.
Kennedy’s campaign says it has already submitted signatures or other documents for his name to appear on ballots in nine states that have 171 Electoral College votes.
In the polls, the independent candidate, nephew of former president John Kennedy and son of former attorney general and former senator Robert Kennedy, both assassinated in the 1960s, has achieved levels between 9% and 12%.
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