Sanders releases trove of internal HHS emails showing RFK Jr. pressured CDC over vaccine messaging

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2. also this:

Sec. RFK, Jr. tries to convince Iowa candidate to drop out of race

DES MOINES, Iowa (Gray Media Iowa State Capitol Bureau) — Iowa Libertarian Party Chair Stephanie Berlin shared with Gray Media Iowa’s State Capitol Bureau audio of a phone call that she said took place between candidate Rick Stewart (L - Iowa 2nd District, Cedar Rapids) and U.S. Secretary of Health & Human Service Robert F. Kennedy, Junior, on June 11th.

In the audio, Kennedy tries to convice Stewart to drop out of the race for Congress.

Gray Media Iowa reached out to HHS for comment about the phone call Thursday evening but did not immediately receive a response.

https://www.ktiv.com/2026/06/26/listen-sec-rfk-jr-tries-convince-iowa-candidate-drop-out-race/


All of this scandal is why Trump has appointed Chris Klomp

Trump nominates Chris Klomp as HHS second-in-command

President Donald Trump on Thursday named Medicare director and former health care executive Chris Klomp to be deputy secretary of the US Department of Health and Human Services.

The deputy secretary oversees operations and regulatory policy. The move would make Klomp second in command behind HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., whom he has been closely advising for several months.

“HHS is a massive and complex organization, but Chris knows exactly how to run it,” Trump said in a post on Truth Social. He added that he, Kennedy and Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz “made this decision together!”

Klomp would need to be confirmed by the Senate as deputy secretary,