Senate votes to refer Fauci for contempt after Fifth Amendment claim

Senate votes to refer Fauci for contempt after Fifth Amendment claim

The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee voted on August 5 in Washington, D. C. to refer Dr. Anthony Fauci for criminal contempt after he repeatedly invoked his Fifth Amendment privilege during a hearing on COVID-19 origins, according to AP News.

Senator Rand Paul had earlier made public more than 1,100 pages of Fauci’s 2019-2022 diary, which detailed his meetings with officials, media and celebrities during the pandemic, as reported by Fox News. The diary excerpts were used to frame a sharply contested hearing where Fauci declined to answer questions, citing the Fifth Amendment, a development noted by NBC News. The committee’s publication of the diary in late July was also covered by CBS News.

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