One week after Dr. Anthony Fauci pleaded the Fifth Amendment throughout an hours-long grilling by a Senate committee, the infectious disease expert who advised the United States’ COVID-19 response will face a contempt of Congress vote on Thursday as Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., seeks to refer him to the Justice Department for charges.
Key Facts
Fauci’s contempt vote is scheduled for 8:30 a.m. on Thursday by the Senate’s Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs committee, chaired by Paul, who led the committee’s questioning of Fauci last week.
Paul released the text of the committee’s contempt resolution Tuesday evening, which alleges Fauci’s use
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