Republicans on the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee voted to hold Dr. Anthony Fauci in contempt of Congress on Thursday after he pled the Fifth Amendment during a recent hearing.
The decision will then go to the Justice Department for potential prosecution. The vote was 8-7.
BREAKING: The Senate Homeland Security & Government Accountability committee just voted 8-7 to refer Dr. Anthony Fauci to DOJ for criminal contempt of Congress.
— Bill Melugin (@BillMelugin_) August 6, 2026
Commitee Dems tried to table the vote & then suggested giving Fauci immunity to DOJ prosecution to come in and…
“Anthony Fauci is fully protected by a sweeping pardon, immune from prosecution, and he still refuses to comply with a lawful subpoena. That's the very definition of contempt for the American people,” Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) tweeted this week.
“On Thursday, the HSGAC will vote to hold him in contempt,” he added.
During the Thursday morning meeting, there were attempts by Democrats to table the motion to hold Fauci in contempt, including a request to hear from Fauci's legal team beforehand.
The closest thing to fascism the United States has seen was the COVID-19 pandemic response, instituted and vigorously mobilized by Left-wing groupthink.
— Senator Rand Paul (@SenRandPaul) August 5, 2026
A fresh wave of scrutiny has hit the top COVID-19 advisor after diary entries from the longtime bureaucrat were made public.
1/9 — My investigation uncovered that Anthony Fauci kept a diary.
— Senator Rand Paul (@SenRandPaul) July 25, 2026
What he wrote privately and what he told the country are two different stories.
Today I'm releasing his entries from December 2019 through December 2022. 🧵 pic.twitter.com/58LvmeYkCN
Hawley: "What day of the week is it today?"
— Greg Price (@greg_price11) July 29, 2026
Fauci: "5th amendment"
Hawley: "What color tie are you wearing?"
Fauci: "5th amendment"
Hawley: "What color is the carpet?"
Fauci: "5th amendment." pic.twitter.com/IMhiRuQjfe
In addition, Senate investigators have now gotten data from Fauci's government phone that he used during the pandemic, according to the Wall Street Journal.
At the end of his opening statement before Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee hearing on the COVID-19 Pandemic, Dr. Anthony Fauci invokes the Fifth Amendment. pic.twitter.com/5A6UXxFrin
— CSPAN (@cspan) July 29, 2026
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