US Senate committee votes to hold Fauci in contempt over Covid hearing

The committee will now refer him for possible prosecution for refusing to answer questions about his handling of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Senate Panel Holds Fauci in Contempt of Congress

Dr. Anthony Fauci had refused to answer questions at a hearing last week, invoking the Fifth Amendment. Republicans argued that he wasn’t entitled to that protection because he had a presidential pardon.

By Sheryl Gay Stolberg

GOP senator obtains a copy of Fauci’s phone as contempt vote looms

Sen. Ron Johnson (Wisconsin) said the phone could address many questions that Fauci declined to answer at a hearing about the pandemic last week.

By Dan Diamond, Anna Liss-Roy

Senate panel votes to hold Fauci in contempt of Congress over Covid hearing

Anthony Fauci invoked fifth amendment dozens of times to parry hostile Republican inquisition over Covid response US politics live – latest updates A 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...

By Robert Tait in Washington

Senate committee set to vote on whether to hold Fauci in contempt of Congress

Republicans on the Senate Homeland Security Committee want to hold Fauci in contempt of Congress after he refused to answer their questions about the government's response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

By Eric McDaniel

Senate panel votes to hold former official Fauci in contempt of Congress

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Fauci held in contempt as COVID cellphone lands in hands of Senate investigators

Sen. Rand Paul's committee voted to hold Anthony Fauci in contempt of Congress after he invoked the Fifth Amendment more than 100 times at his hearing.

U.S. Senate committee votes to hold Dr. Anthony Fauci in contempt

Dr. Anthony Fauci on Thursday was held in contempt of Congress by a Republican-led Senate committee, just over a week after the longtime federal health official invoked the Fifth Amendment, declining to answer questions about his guidance during the COVID-19 pandemic.

US Senate panel votes to hold Fauci in contempt of Congress

A US Senate committee voted on Thursday to ⁠hold Dr. Anthony Fauci ⁠in contempt of Congress after the former ⁠top US infectious disease official refused to answer questions about his handling of the Covid-19 pandemic. The Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee approved a referral pushed by its Republican Chair Rand Paul of Kentucky, a long-time Fauci antagonist, on a party-line vote of 8-7. The vote followed a hearing ‌last week where Fauci, who is 85 and retired in 2022, invoke...

By Reuters

Republicans vote to hold Anthony Fauci in contempt of Congress as Democrats blast ‘McCarthy-esque’ hearing

Committee votes 8-7 on party lines to refer charges to Trump’s Justice Department

By Alex Woodward

US Senate committe votes to hold Fauci in contempt

A US Senate committee has voted to hold Dr Anthony Fauci in contempt of Congress after the country's former top infectious disease official refused to answer questions about his handling of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Senate panel obtains Fauci’s COVID-era iPhone records as contempt vote approaches - report

The device could provide additional records concerning the federal response to the COVID-19 pandemic as a Senate committee considers holding Fauci in contempt of Congress.

Senate Panel Holds Fauci In Contempt For Refusing To Answer Questions

Senate Panel Holds Fauci In Contempt For Refusing To Answer Questions Anthony Fauci has been held in contempt of Congress by the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, after he repeatedly refused to answer lawmakers' questions about funding risky research to genetically manipulate bat coronavirus in Wuhan China, and his role in the ensuing lockdown quagmire that cratered the economy after he was put in charge of leading the COVID-19 response.  In an 8-5 vote br...

By Tyler Durden

US Senate committee votes to hold Fauci in contempt over Covid hearing

A US Senate committee has voted to hold former top health official Anthony Fauci in contempt of Congress after he refused to answer questions during a hearing focused on his handling of the COVID-19 pandemic.

By Deborah Okailey Quarcoo