RFK Jr.'s own letter to Samoa contradicts his congressional testimony on vaccine-focused trip

Letters obtained by the Guardian and AP show RFK Jr. wrote to Samoa's prime minister before his 2019 trip proposing to study the MMR vaccine, using the word "vaccine" eight times. He told two congressional hearings the visit had "nothing to do with vaccines." HHS dismissed claims he lied as "false and defamatory" but did not address the contradiction. This is the fourth 2026 disclosure undermining his account.