Senate committee votes to hold Fauci in contempt for refusing to answer COVID questions
The 8-7 party-line vote sends the contempt referral to the Justice Department after Fauci invoked his Fifth Amendment rights more than 100 times.
- The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee voted to hold Dr. Anthony Fauci in contempt of Congress after he invoked his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination more than 100 times during a hearing on the federal COVID-19 response.
- Committee Chairman Rand Paul announced plans to send the contempt referral directly to the Department of Justice for potential prosecution, bypassing a full Senate floor vote where the measure would likely fail to clear a 60-vote threshold.
- Republicans contend that Fauci cannot claim Fifth Amendment protections, arguing that his pre-emptive presidential pardon from Joe Biden eliminates federal criminal liability for his pandemic-era conduct.
- Fauci and panel Democrats strongly rejected the resolution, with Fauci stating he invoked his constitutional rights because Paul's explicit objective was to force testimony that could be used to fulfill public pledges to put him "behind bars".
- The action creates a novel legal test for congressional oversight, forcing the Justice Department to evaluate whether a presidential pardon strips a witness of self-incrimination privileges or if remaining risks—such as state-level prosecutions or perjury charges—validate constitutional protections.
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