Watch live: Senate panel votes on holding Fauci in contempt
The Senate Homeland Security Committee is set to vote Thursday morning on a resolution to hold former White House chief medical adviser Anthony Fauci in contempt following a hearing last week when the doctor pleaded the Fifth more than 100 times. Fauci received a sweeping pardon from former President Biden during his last days in...
A US Senate committee has voted to hold Dr. Anthony Fauci in contempt of Congress. The vote was made after Dr. Fauci refused to answer questions during testimony before the committee last week.
According to The New York Times, Dr. Fauci had invoked the Fifth Amendment, while Republicans argued he wasn’t entitled to that protection because he had a presidential pardon.
The Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee approved the referral on a party-line vote, with Republican Chair Rand Paul of Kentucky pushing the move, as reported by the South China Morning Post.
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