NewzA United States Senate panel has voted to hold Dr. Anthony Fauci in contempt of Congress following a contentious hearing regarding the federal COVID-19 response. The vote by the Republican-controlled committee advances the contempt measure against the 85-year-old veteran public health official, who retired from government service in 2022.
The committee action stems from Fauci's appearance before the panel last week, during which he invoked the Fifth Amendment more than a hundred times. According to reports, the repeated invocations were used to parry what was described as a hostile Republican inquisition into his handling of the pandemic.
The contempt vote marks a significant escalation in the ongoing political and legislative clashes between Republican lawmakers and the prominent scientist over the origins and management of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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