Senate Committee Holds Fauci In Contempt– thefederalist.com

A Senate committee voted to hold former White House Covid czar Anthony Fauci in contempt of Congress on Thursday following his refusal to answer for his Covid lies and conduct throughout the lockdown period.

“Holding a witness in contempt is a serious thing, and it should be rare,” Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Chair Rand Paul, R-Ky., said at the hearing. “But the contempt power exists for precisely this circumstance.”

The committee’s 8-5 vote came along party lines, with all Democrats voting in opposition. Democrats moved to table the vote on the contempt resolution and “then suggested giving Fauci immunity to [Department of Justice] prosecution to come in and testify, but their motions failed,” according to Fox News’ Bill Melugin.

When appearing before the committee last week, Fauci plead the Fifth Amendment more than 100 times to avoid answering questions from lawmakers about his lies to the public and conduct throughout the viral outbreak. This included dodging queries about his role in funding gain-of-function research in China; downplaying the credible lab leak theory; ignoring the Covid shots’ risks and potential treatments; and more.