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Exhibit 1298

Wyden Investigates Trump and RFK Jr. Corruption Favoring Big Tobacco and Kratom Companies

Exhibit 1298 ยท Press release

Wyden Investigates Trump and RFK Jr. Corruption Favoring Big Tobacco and Kratom Companies

Announces the three letters and repeats the chronology as "the reported timeline"; sets a deadline of 31 August 2026. No response from Reynolds American, Botanic Tonics or HHS was found on the Committee's site as of 10 November 2026.

Source
U.S. Senate Committee on Finance
Date
5 August 2026
Grade
Primary record
Document
https://www.finance.senate.gov/ranking-members-news/wyden-investigates-trump-and-rfk-jr-corruption-favoring-big-tobacco-and-kratom-companies/
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2026-11-10
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Finding POL-5.20
Primary record On 3 August 2026 Senator Ron Wyden, ranking member of the Senate Finance Committee, sent letters to Reynolds American, to the Secretary of Health and Human Services and to Botanic Tonics. The letters cite press reports for a chronology of the payments, a lunch and FDA's guidance, ask what was requested at the lunch and in calls, and set a deadline of 31 August 2026.