Dr. Anthony Fauci on Friday declined a request to appear voluntarily before a second Senate panel after majority Republicans on the Homeland Security Committee voted along partisan lines last week to hold the longtime infectious disease expert in contempt. In a pointed letter to Sen. Ron Johnson, a Wisconsin Republican, a lawyer for the former
A US Senate committee has voted to hold former top health official Anthony Fauci in contempt of Congress after he refused to answer questions during a congressional hearing last week. The vote – which fell along party lines – means that the committee will refer the case to the justice department for potential prosecution for
WASHINGTON — A Senate committee is set to vote Thursday on whether to hold Dr. Anthony Fauci in contempt of Congress and refer him to the Justice Department for potential prosecution over his refusal to answer questions at a hearing last week focused on his handling of the COVID-19 pandemic. Fauci invoked his Fifth Amendment
Paul has repeatedly argued that Covid likely leaked from the Wuhan Institute of Virology in China, a theory the CIA backed last year. At the hearing, the senator suggested that while Fauci had said publicly that Covid originated naturally, his diaries indicated that he privately believed the virus originated in a medical laboratory. Republicans asked