Senator calls for criminal investigation of RFK Jr after Guardian report
Newly obtained records indicate health secretary lied about Samoa trip during Senate confirmation hearings last year A senior Democratic senator is calling for a criminal investigation into the US health secretary, Robert F Kennedy Jr , following reporting by the Guardian that indicated he lied during Senate confirmation hearings last year. Ron Wyden of Oregon said: “RFK’s platform is built on…
A senior Democratic senator, Ron Wyden, is calling for a criminal investigation into former US health secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr following a Guardian report that he lied during Senate confirmation hearings last year. The investigation stems from newly obtained records that contradict Kennedy's testimony during the hearings. According to the Guardian's investigation, Kennedy had lied about his 2019 trip to Samoa, which coincided with a measles outbreak that killed 83 people.
In the letters obtained, Kennedy explicitly stated his desire to study the MMR vaccine in Samoa and used the term "vaccination" eight times. Wyden has urged Republican colleagues to refer Kennedy to the Department of Justice for a criminal investigation and stated that Democrats will hold Kennedy accountable for endangering American families when they regain control of the Senate.
Other Democratic officials have also called for Kennedy to resign or leave office, citing his alleged lies to Congress and his anti-vaccine agenda.
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