The Republican-led Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee voted Thursday morning to hold Dr. Anthony Fauci in contempt of Congress following their hearing last week on the COVID-19 pandemic response and related issues.
The committee chaired by Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., voted 8-5 along party lines regarding the former National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) director, who invoked the Fifth Amendment 111 times during his tense, three-hour testimony on July 29.
Paul said in his opening statement that the contempt vote was not concerned with Fauci's past policies or opinions, but rather whether a pardoned witness could refuse a committee order to provide testimony.
"We are voting on whether a witness who has received the benefit of a sweeping federal pardon can be ordered by this committee to answer questions and then defy that order without consequence," Paul said.
Paul also acknowledged the irreparable professional, educational and spiritual damage that the government's COVID-19 response and vaccine mandates had on many people.
Senate committee votes to hold Fauci in contempt of Congress | Politics
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