RFK Jr misled Senate during confirmation, Congress members and Hawaii governor say
Politics,Robert F Kennedy Jr,Confirmation Hearings,US Senate,US Congress,Hawaii,Measles,Public Health,HHS
Three members of Congress say US health secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr lied during his Senate confirmation hearings in response to newly revealed emails that undermine his testimony that a trip he took to Samoa ahead of a deadly measles outbreak had "nothing to do with vaccines".
The governor of Hawaii, a medical doctor who responded to the crisis, also spoke out – saying that the disclosure of the emails by the Guardian and the Associated Press show Kennedy misled the Senate and that he should step...
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