The Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee on Thursday voted to hold Dr.
Anthony Fauci in contempt of Congress following a contentious hearing in which the infectious disease expert declined to answer lawmakers’ questions over 100 times.Fauci, the former director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), repeatedly invoked his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination during a hearing last week, where Republican senators probed him over the U.S.
government’s response to the COVID pandemic and the disputed origins of the virus.
Fauci has long been a target of GOP attacks and investigations over his role in leading the pandemic response.During his opening statement, Fauci accused Republican Sen.
Rand Paul of Kentucky, the chair of the pan…
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