Democrats block Senate GOP offer of immunity to former Fauci assistant
- The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee rejected Senator Rand Paul’s proposal to grant immunity to a former Anthony Fauci aide accused of destroying federal records.
- The measure failed 8–7 along party lines, with all eight Republicans supporting it and all seven Democrats opposing it.
- The aide had previously invoked the Fifth Amendment and refused to answer questions during an appearance before the committee.
- Rand Paul said he would ask the Department of Justice to investigate and pursue possible prosecution.
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Senate Immunity Bid for Former Fauci Aide Collapses
The Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (HSGAC) rejected a bid on Wednesday, Sept. 23, to seek immunity for a longtime special assistant to Dr. Anthony Fauci, according to the committee. The vote on a resolution authorizing an application for a court order compelling testimony under immunity from the assistant, who was not identified, fell short of the required two-thirds of members. All eight Republicans voted in favo…
‘It doesn’t end here’: Dems kill plan to uncover Fauci’s ‘efforts to suppress public discussion’ of COVID lab leak
Source link Democratic senators doomed Sen. Rand Paul’s effort to seek testimony from a longtime special assistant to Anthony Fauci who allegedly destroyed federal records on his behalf. The “resolution authorizing an application for a court order compelling testimony under immunity” would have immunized the aide from potential criminal charges related to her testimony about
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tippinsightsDems Obstruct Rand Paul’s Plea Deal Offer to Fauci’s Assistant
Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-N.H., blocked a plea deal offer from the Senate Committee on Homeland Security to Dr. Anthony Fauci’s assistant for her testimony about destroying records at her boss’s request in exchange for immunity from possible criminal charges from the Department of Justice. Before the vote, Committee Chairman Rand Paul, R-Ky., told the Daily Signal that the plea offer provides an opportunity for “transparency” and to give the America…
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