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Newly obtained documents indicate that the US health secretary, Robert F Kennedy Jr, lied during two congressional hearings last year, when he told lawmakers who held the key to his confirmation that a 2019 visit to Samoa had “nothing to do with vaccines”.

Letters obtained by the Guardian and the Associated Press contradict that testimony. In one he wrote to the Samoan prime minister before the trip, Kennedy explicitly said he wanted to study the measles, mumps and rubella vaccine in the Pacific island nation. In it, he used the words vaccine or vaccination eight times.

“I am writing this letter to you in the hope that we might be helpful to the people of your great nation,” he wrote, adding that he believed the deaths of two children there after an MMR vaccine could have resulted from manufacturing issues.

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[–] weps@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

about a year ago he said he was going to provide proof that vaccines cause autism in 2 months

is that also a lie?

[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 day ago

He said Tylenol causes autism, then it didn't.

[–] newtraditionalists@kbin.melroy.org 39 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I'd be more surprised if that gross cretin told the truth about literally anything.

[–] user1234@fedinsfw.app 10 points 1 day ago

I'm just surprised that he can even spell vaccine

[–] Photonic@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

That would be the brain worm talking, and making more sense than him

[–] spacegoat@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

Republicans should by definition be barred from government work

[–] johnefrancis@lemmy.ca 20 points 1 day ago (1 children)

"I lied, I didn't cook the roadkill. I ate it raw of tbe warm road with my bare hands."

[–] some_kind_of_guy@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

"Depends on your definition of 'cooked'"

[–] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 9 points 1 day ago (1 children)

And what will they do with that information?

Nothing, as per usual

[–] Treczoks@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago

That's the one big problem in the US: no consequences for lying or breaking the law for the Epstein class.

[–] mrmisses@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago

Ok so put him in prison

[–] Nonprophet@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

'Yes, I lied. Not about doing heroin, but about QUITTING heroin.'

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

So did Attorney General Jefferson Beauregard Sessions III. And it was a lie about russian collusion.

Spoiler alert: it was investigated and dropped because maybe he just forgot he was colluding.

[–] ryper@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 day ago

Nothing will come of it, recent history indicates.

[–] HubertManne@piefed.social 3 points 1 day ago

lock him up. lock him up!

[–] 404found@lemmy.zip 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Everyone lies. This is America

[–] SeeMarkFly@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 day ago (2 children)

It's normal now. Everybody does it.

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It would actually be weird if you weren't lying. Why are you being weird about this? Do you work for the Russians?

[–] SeeMarkFly@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 day ago

We aren't supposed to call Trump Russian till AFTER the "election."

[–] Neverclear@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

If everybody lies, your statement is true, which also makes it false, which also makes it true... oh my what have I done?

[–] SeeMarkFly@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 day ago

Relax, there is a cure. Put a mirror in the microwave and set the time for 222.