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Robert F. Kennedy had his own suspicions regarding the assassination of his brother, President John F Kennedy, in 1963, and may have felt partly responsible. He also uttered the prophetic words “I knew they’d get one of us, I thought it would be me.” 

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Robert F. Kennedy had his own suspicions regarding the assassination of his brother, President John F Kennedy, in 1963, and may have felt partly responsible. He also uttered the prophetic words “I knew they’d get one of us, I thought it would be me.” 

>> bobby kennedy put together his brothers campaign for the senate in 1952, won the campaign for his brother. no one else could have done it. as jack said everybody was mad at bobby but we had the best organization in history. in 1957 and 1960, he ran and was chief counsel of the rackets committee. he went after crooks in labor like jimmy hoffa and dave beck. he went after incredible frightening figures. he was fighting the rackets in this country. then he becomes a.g. and takes on the rackets t...

Bobby kennedy. coming in and being the attorney general for his brother. that decision-making process that they went through about having him there because jack kennedy trusted him more than anybody else in the world. i feel like its the hall of mirrors version of what were seeing here with this kind of nepotism now. >> well, its a mirror image in a sense its the opposite because bobby took care of jack. now trump has to take care of his family. bobby was the one who was the chief counsel on the...

Stood up and then what would become one of the greatest mysteries of the 20th century, disappeared. he was known for his power, corruption, and clashes with robert f. kennedy. now a new book brings to life that showdown between these two very different men. one the son of a coal miner. one of course attended the finest schools and the other was a high school dropout. joining us now is the author of "vendetta." thanks for being with us. >> thank you for having me. >> james what it was about these...