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Aug 27, 2026

RFK Jr. lied about Samoa trip in confirmation hearings, documents show

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. repeatedly told senators his 2019 Samoa visit had 'nothing to do with vaccines,' but newly released documents reveal he met with anti-vaccine activists before a deadly measles outbreak that killed 83 people, mostly children.

Aug 27, 2026·3 sources

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▪Under United States Code, making material false statements to Congress is a felony that carries a potential prison sentence, regardless of whether the individual is under oath
▪In his January 20, 2019 letter, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. used the words "vaccine" or "vaccination" eight times and speculated that two infant deaths were temporally associated with MMR vaccines
▪The Department of Health and Human Services noted that Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was not under oath during his congressional confirmation hearings

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