Senator opens investigation into evidence RFK Jr ‘unlawfully lied’ to Congress
Summary
Senators Ron Wyden and Angela Alsobrooks opened an investigation into whether Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. made false statements to Congress during his 2025 confirmation hearings. They are seeking records from Children’s Health Defense about Kennedy’s 2019 Samoa trip, which he said was unrelated to vaccines but which a letter he wrote before the trip described as a chance to study the MMR vaccine.Key Facts
- Wyden and Alsobrooks asked Children’s Health Defense for records related to Kennedy’s 2019 Samoa trip.
- Kennedy led Children’s Health Defense when he visited Samoa in 2019.
- During his 2025 confirmation hearings, Kennedy told lawmakers his Samoa trip had “nothing to do with vaccines.”
- In a January 2019 letter to Samoa’s prime minister, Kennedy said he wanted to study the measles, mumps and rubella vaccine.
- Samoa’s prime minister replied that month and invited Kennedy to visit.
- A measles outbreak in Samoa killed 83 people, mostly children under age five.
- Kennedy has denied discouraging vaccination in Samoa, and the Department of Health and Human Services has denied that he lied to Congress.
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