A committee chaired by Republican Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul voted to hold Dr. Anthony Fauci in contempt of Congress on Thursday morning. The Homeland Security and Government […]
The Senate committee chaired by Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) on Thursday voted to refer former chief White House medical adviser Anthony Fauci to be held in contempt. The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee in a party-line, 8-5 vote, with two additional “no” votes by proxy, approved a resolution to hold Fauci in contempt…
Republicans on the Senate Homeland Security Committee voted to hold Fauci in contempt of Congress after he refused to answer their questions about the government's response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Senate Committee Votes To Hold Fauci In Contempt
The Senate committee investigating Dr. Anthony Fauci voted Thursday morning to advance a contempt of Congress citation against him. Last week, Fauci, the former director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, invoked the Fifth Amendment 111 times before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee regarding questions about the government’s response...
The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee voted to hold Dr. Anthony Fauci, former White House chief medical adviser, in contempt of Congress.
Anthony Fauci’s lawyer condemned the vote from the Republican-controlled committee as a ‘crude political stunt’US politics live – latest updatesA Republican-controlled US Senate committee voted to hold Dr Anthony Fauci in contempt of Congress after the veteran public health official repeatedly pleaded the fifth amendment to parry a hostile inquisition into his stewardship of the response to the Covid-19 pandemic.Fauci, the former director of National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (Niaid), who led the agency for 38 years before retiring in 2022, gave the same response to dozens of questions while refusing to give clarifying answers during a tense hearing last week, citing his constitutional protections. Continue reading...
The longtime infectious-disease scientist refused to answer questions from committee members at a hearing last week.
Dr. Anthony Fauci had refused to answer questions at a hearing last week, invoking the Fifth Amendment. Republicans argued he wasn’t entitled to that protection because he had a presidential pardon.
Legal scrutiny is mounting on the former top health official after he repeatedly invoked the Fifth Amendment during a hearing about the pandemic response.