Leland Lehrman was named executive director last month of the MAHA Institute, an advocacy group advancing Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s priorities. Lehrman’s appointment comes despite his extensive history of endorsing antisemitic fabrications, including a notorious false document that claims to reveal a secret Jewish plot, as well as advancing conspiracy theories that Israel’s intelligence agency was responsible for the 9/11 attacks.
The MAHA Institute, originating as a pro-Kennedy Super PAC, opposes vaccines and spreads COVID-19 conspiracies, with Lehrman leveraging insider knowledge of Kennedy’s vaccine policies. Lehrman claimed that the protocols are likely genuine and characterized them as the most comprehensive exposure of Jewish supremacist ideology, suggesting they would trigger a significant political and historical realization.
A recent analysis by a social justice watchdog group specializing in monitoring extremist and far-right activities exposes Lehrman’s radical beliefs and indicates that his position at MAHA signals the movement’s acceptance of antisemitic conspiracy narratives.
