"RFK Jr. has lied to the Senate": Lawmakers call for criminal probe, ouster
Summary
Senators are asking for Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to resign or be removed after newly released documents show he lied during his confirmation hearings. They say Kennedy misled the Senate about the reasons for his 2019 trip to Samoa, where a deadly measles outbreak occurred amid anti-vaccine campaigns.Key Facts
- Senators claim Robert F. Kennedy Jr. lied during his 2025 confirmation hearings about his 2019 Samoa trip.
- Kennedy said the trip was to introduce a medical records system, denying any connection to vaccines.
- New documents reveal Kennedy wrote to Samoa's prime minister about vaccine-related deaths and offered to investigate MMR vaccines.
- Samoa experienced a deadly measles outbreak in 2019 with 83 deaths, mostly children under 5, linked to low vaccination rates around 31%.
- Two infants died from vaccine errors caused by nurses mixing a muscle relaxant with MMR shots, not from the vaccine itself.
- Kennedy’s organization, Children’s Health Defense, used the deaths to spread anti-vaccine messages, without updating the cause.
- Senators want the Justice Department to investigate Kennedy for lying to Congress, which is a crime.
- Kennedy brought a CHD team and his wife, actress Cheryl Hines, on the Samoa trip.
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