2026-08-05
The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, chaired by Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.), voted to hold Dr. Anthony Fauci in contempt of Congress. The vote followed a committee hearing the previous week in which Fauci invoked the Fifth Amendment and declined to answer questions about the government's response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The vote fell along party lines.
Left outlets emphasize the legal questions surrounding Fauci's Fifth Amendment invocation and note Republican arguments tied to a presidential pardon, with The Guardian characterizing the questioning as a hostile Republican effort. Center outlets report the procedural details in largely neutral terms, noting the party-line vote count and the number of times Fauci invoked the Fifth. Right outlets emphasize the number of times he invoked the Fifth (111 or 100+), potential criminal penalties, the handover of Fauci's cellphone, references to a diary, and frame the invocation as inappropriate, highlighting Rand Paul's role and a DOJ referral.
Coverage frames the vote around the legal and constitutional issues of Fauci's Fifth Amendment invocation, noting Republican arguments about a presidential pardon and describing the questioning as adversarial.
Our chief legal affairs correspondent, Adam Liptak, discusses whether Anthony Fauci’s presidential pardon makes him ineligible to take advantage of Fifth Amendment protections.
The constitutional right against self-incrimination has been invoked on several occasions during high-profile — and contentious — hearings.
A Senate committee led by Republicans has voted to hold Dr. Anthony Fauci in contempt over his refusal to answer questions during last week's congressional hearing on the COVID pandemic. Caitlin Huey-Burns has the story.
A Senate committee voted along party lines to hold Dr. Anthony Fauci in contempt of Congress on Thursday, a week after the former top health official and scientist refused to answer questions in a hearing about the COVID-19 pandemic.
A Senate committee voted to hold Dr. Anthony Fauci in contempt after he refused to answer questions about his handling of the covid pandemic. Chairman Rand Paul plans to refer the case to the DOJ.
Dr. Anthony Fauci had refused to answer questions at a hearing last week, invoking the Fifth Amendment. Republicans argued that he wasn’t entitled to that protection because he had a presidential pardon.
Anthony Fauci invoked fifth amendment dozens of times to parry hostile Republican inquisition over Covid response US politics live – latest updates A Republican-controlled US Senate committee voted to hold Dr Anthony Fauci in contempt of Congress after the veteran public health official repeatedly…
Republican majority voted to hold the retired health official in contempt after hearing where he repeatedly invoked the fifth amendment Sign up for the Breaking News US email The Senate homeland security and governmental affairs committee voted to hold Anthony Fauci in contempt of Congress after a…
The Senate Homeland Security Committee voted to hold Dr. Anthony Fauci in contempt of Congress over his refusal to answer questions during testimony before the committee last week.
Thursday's vote to hold Dr. Anthony Fauci in contempt of Congress follows years of tension with GOP Sen. Rand Paul, hinging on the origins of the coronavirus and a controversial type of research.
Republicans on the Senate Homeland Security Committee voted to hold Fauci in contempt of Congress after he refused to answer their questions about the government's response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
A Senate panel scheduled a vote after Dr. Anthony Fauci declined to answer questions at a hearing last week. Here are the legal issues involved.
A contempt finding could open the door to an investigation into whether Dr. Anthony Fauci had a valid constitutional right against self-incrimination when he refused to answer dozens of questions from lawmakers at a committee hearing last week focused on his handling of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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