"RFK Jr. Has Lied to the Senate": Lawmakers Call for Criminal Probe, Ouster
Ron Wyden says newly obtained letters contradict Kennedy’s testimony and show repeated references to vaccines in a 2019 Samoa trip.
- Oregon Senator Ron Wyden called for a criminal investigation into HHS Secretary Robert Kennedy on Thursday, citing new evidence contradicting Kennedy's 2025 Senate confirmation testimony about his 2019 trip to Samoa.
- Newly obtained 2019 letters show Kennedy explicitly wrote to Samoa's then-prime minister proposing to study MMR Vaccines, directly refuting his confirmation hearing testimony that the visit "had nothing to do with vaccines."
- Kennedy's 2019 visit preceded a measles outbreak that infected more than 5,700 people and killed 83, mostly children under five. Critics argue the visit fueled anti-vaccine sentiment, tanking local vaccination rates to 31 percent.
- Democrats in Congress, including Massachusetts Senator Markey, demanded Kennedy's resignation Thursday, while American Oversight asked the Justice Department to investigate possible false statements to Congress.
- Legal experts note that lying to Congress is a crime regardless of oath status, but prosecution is rarely pursued and unlikely under the current administration, shifting accountability focus to Senate Democrats.
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Kennedy looking displeased during his confirmation hearing. Image: YouTube screenshotIt’s been another rough week for Robert F. Kennedy Jr. — though probably not as rough as it was for the two human beings, one an infant, who died of measles in Pennsylvania. He’s even been getting into it with Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro, who has said he is uninterested in any help from Kennedy unless it is in the form of walking back his anti-vaccine bullshi…
Letters ‘refute’ RFK Jr’s Samoa vaccine testimony
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RFK Jr. referred for criminal investigation after new documents contradict his Samoa testimony
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is facing calls for a criminal investigation after newly obtained documents appear to contradict testimony he gave Congress about a controversial 2019 trip to Samoa. Sen. Ron Wyden, the top Democrat on the Senate Finance Committee, says he plans to press his Republican colleagues to refer Kennedy to the Justice Department for a criminal investigation over statements he made during his confirmation hearings last year. The is…
US Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. may have lied to the US Congress, new documents reveal.
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