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RFK Jr lied in Senate confirmation hearings, newly revealed documents indicate (www.theguardian.com)
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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 (MMR) vaccine in the Pacific island nation. In it, he used the words “vaccine” or “vaccination” eight times.

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[–] 17 points 3 weeks ago (10 children)

If the Democratic party would stop letting criminal behavior by politicians slide, he'd be vulnerable to prosecution in 2029 for this.

The Democratic party is doomed if they continue to let this sort of asymmetrical political warfare continue.

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  • [–] 0 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

    Already doomed. Half of the constituents are maga-lite

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  • [–] 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 child)

    Not half of the constituents, no, but the vast majority of the candidates.

    That's why they keep losing eminently winnable elections against incompetent and insufferable demagogues: their own base wants something MUCH better than what they're offering and they keep refusing to listen and adapt accordingly.

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  • [–] -2 points 3 weeks ago (6 children)

    Remind me who's in charge of DoJ again?

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  • [–] 7 points 3 weeks ago (5 children)

    he’d be vulnerable to prosecution in 2029 for this.

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  • [–] 0 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

    So what do you think "the Democrats" should or even could do to prosecute federal crimes right now when DoJ is in Trump's pocket?

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  • [–] 8 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

    Is it 2029?

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  • [–] -3 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

    Are we blaming "the Democrats" for future events now?

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  • [–] 1 point 3 weeks ago

    I think you got wrapped around the axel here. I said Kennedy would be vulnerable for prosecution in 2029. This is 2026. The implication is that in 2029 the new president takes over and there will be a new AG. The implication is also that it will be a Democrat as president.

    He's not vulnerable now because the current attorney general is also Trump's personal criminal defense lawyer and won't be prosecuting anyone in the administration. So that means we have to wait until there is a Democrat as president. The earliest that will happen is in January of 2029(after the 2028 election).

    Look through the thread again. Do you understand now?

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