RFK Jr defends MAHA health report which cited sources that don’t exist

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00:00Kennedy, you're listed as the chair of the commission. Did you read the report and fact-checked its sources prior to publication?

00:07All of the factual assertions.

00:08Did you read the reports and did you yourself them, sir?

00:12I did not fact-check.

00:13You did not fact-check. Why then, as has been widely reported.

00:16All of the foundational assertions.

00:18Excuse me, sir, I'm speaking. Why then did the report include a citation to sources that don't even exist?

00:24How does that happen under your leadership, sir?

00:27All of the foundational assertions in that report are accurate.

00:31They did not exist. How can they be accurate if they did not exist, sir?

00:35Some of the citations were-

00:36You know, in fact, my understanding is that even once the report was updated,

00:43more authors and researchers came forward stating that their research was misconstrued.

00:50This is quite unbelievable, sir.

00:52In fact, I was a pre-med at UCLA. They have a great pre-med program.

00:57If somebody turned this in as an undergrad to their professor at UCLA,

01:02they would have received an F, sir.

01:04An F for the misinterpretation, the falsehoods, the denials,

01:09and also citing references that don't even exist.

01:12That's lying and dishonest, sir.

01:14That's lying and dishonest, sir.

01:15That's lying and dishonest, sir.