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Wyden says Kennedy’s statements show “lies and grifts” with consequences, while American Oversight urges the Justice Department to open an investigation. The letters allegedly contradict Kennedy’s denial that a 2019 Samoa trip was connected to vaccines, citing his stated intent to study the MMR vaccine and supporting an inquiry into false statements, per legal experts and 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onNatalie Harp.The planworkedMoira Donegan→page 23Publishedin New York,United States  \nTheeditionGuardian  \n▲Robert F Kennedy Jr at a press conference on 5August 2026 in Lexington,Kentucky.Photograph:Michael Swensen/Getty Images  \n# Senator calls for criminal investigation of RFK JrafterGuardian report\n\nAseniorDemocratic senatoriscalling foracriminal investigationinto the US health secretaryRobertFKennedy Jr,followingreporting by the Guardian thatindicated he lied during Senateconfirmation hearingslastyear.  \nRon Wyden of Oregon said:\"RFK'splatformis builton lies andgriftsthat leaveatrailofdeadchildren in their wake.There areconsequences for lyingtoCongress.\"  \nThe Guardian's reporting wasbasedon lettersthat wereobtained-by this newsoutlet andthe Associated Press-followingaFreedomofInformation Act  \nlawsuit.  \nWyden said in astatement totheGuardianthat he wouldbepressing Republican colleagues,who currently controlthe Senate,toissue acriminalreferralofKennedy to the Department ofJustice for acriminalinvestigation.“And whenDemocrats retake the majority inthe Senate,RFKwillbe at the topof the list of Trumpofficials thefinance committee will holdaccountable forendangeringAmerican families\"he said.Wyden currently serves as the topDemocrat on the financecommittee.  \nAlsoon Thursday,thegovernment watchdoggroupAmerican Oversight sent aletter  \nto the justice departmentrequesting that it immediatelyopen an investigationintowhether Kennedy violated the lawby making false statements toCongress.  \nOther Democraticofficialscalled for Kennedy toberemovedorleaveoffice in thewake of thenew reporting.  \nWyden was among thesenators who asked Kennedyduring two confirmation hearingslastyear about a2019triphe tookto Samoa,at atime when Kennedywasleadingananti-vaccine group.Months later,a measles outbreaksickenedthousands and killed83people,mostly children underfive.  \nWhen asked about the tripby  \nWyden and Ed Markey,thesenator fromMassachusetts,Kennedy testified that his visithad \"nothing to do with vaccines\".The newly obtainedletterscontradict that testimony.In one,Kennedy explicitly told theSamoan primeminister hewanted to study the measles,mumps and rubella(MMR)vaccine in the Pacific islandnationandused thewords\"vaccine\"or\"vaccination\"eighttimes.  \n\"Lyingto Congress is acrime,whetherornot thewitness isunder oath,\"Josh Chafetz,aprofessor oflaw andpolitics atGeorgetownUniversity LawCenter,said.\"But this wouldrequire theexecutive branch to  \nprosecute,and Trump's [justicedepartment]is unlikely to do so.\"  \nStill,attorneys withexpertisein Senate procedure said that ifDemocrats wincontrol of theHouse or Senate in November'selections,they could useKennedys statements as groundsfor hearingsor an impeachmentinquiry,or to create otherobstacles for the Trumpadministration.  \nMarkey also weighed inon thenew reporting,saying the recordsshow it was false when Kennedysaid his trip had\"nothing to dowith vaccines\".  \n\"This is apattern,not aslip.RFK Jrhas lied to the Senate,lied  \nThe Guardian 28August 2026  \nHeadlines  \n→Continued from page1  \nhealth,education,laborand  \nSamoa andhis stanceonvaccinations during hisconfirmation hearings two yearsago.It istime for him toimmediately resign,Green said.\"Hemust dothisfor the safety andhealthofourcountry.  \ntheoretically investigate the case.  \nKennedy lied under oathorto  \npensions committee,which  \nThe Guardian soughtcomment from the Department ofHealthand HumanServicesabouttheDemocratic officials'calls forinvestigationor removal,but it didnot immediately respond.Inapreviously issuedstatement itsaid Kennedy's visit to Samoa\"was unrelated to vaccines.Anyclaim or insinuation basedonthese letters that Secretary  \nCongressis notonly false but  \noutright defamatory.  \nto the American people andjeopardized the health ofchildrentoadvance his anti-vaccineagenda,\"Markey said.\"He shouldnever havebeen 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