Dr. Anthony Fauci Refuses Senate Panel Appearance Amid Contempt Referral

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Dr. Anthony Fauci Refuses Senate Panel Appearance Amid Contempt Referral
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  1. Dr. Anthony Fauci refused to voluntarily appear before a second Senate panel investigating his handling of COVID-19. AP Photo/Allison Robbert

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    Fox News

    Dr. Anthony Fauci on Friday declined a request to voluntarily appear before a second Senate panel, opening another front in Republicans’ investigations into the former public health official’s handling of the COVID-19 pandemic.

    HuffPost

    During the July hearing on his handling of the COVID-19 pandemic, Fauci invoked the Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination 100 times, prompting the Aug. 6 contempt vote and setting up a referral to the Justice Department for potential investigation over whether he had properly exercised his constitutional rights.

    The Guardian US

    As a microbiologist and infectious disease clinician, it has been tough to watch the recent devolution of public discourse on Covid-19 origins. It has been especially difficult for me to read the comments of Anthony Fauci about the origins debate in his now-public diary. And it has been painful to watch the televised spectacle hosted by the US senator Rand Paul on 29 July involving a hostile interrogation of Fauci.

  2. Committee chairman Rand Paul, R-Ky., has sought to send the contempt referral directly to the U.S. Attorney's Office in the District of Columbia, bypassing a full Senate vote.

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    New York Post

    Committee chairman Rand Paul, R-Ky., has sought to send the contempt referral directly to the U.S. Attorney’s Office in the District of Columbia, bypassing a full Senate vote.

  3. “It’s a good legal discussion, and we will make those legal points to DOJ in sending the referral over,” Paul told Fox News Digital ahead of last week’s contempt vote.

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    "It’s a good legal discussion, and we will make those legal points to DOJ in sending the referral over," Paul told Fox News Digital ahead of last week’s contempt vote.

  4. The broader Homeland Security panel also received more than 1,000 pages of Fauci’s personal diary before his July hearing.

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    The broader Homeland Security panel also received more than 1,000 pages of Fauci’s personal diary before his July hearing.

  5. Fox News Digital reached out to Johnson’s office to ask whether he intends to subpoena Fauci following the refusal. Fox News Digital also sought reaction from Paul’s office and asked Fauci attorney David Schertler whether Fauci would comply with a subpoena compelling his testimony. Fox News Digital's Alex Miller and Elizabeth Elkind contributed to this report.

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    New York Post

    Fox News Digital reached out to Johnson’s office to ask whether he intends to subpoena Fauci following the refusal. Fox News Digital also sought reaction from Paul’s office and asked Fauci attorney David Schertler whether Fauci would comply with a subpoena compelling his testimony.

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  1. 01 The Guardian US

    Despite many early pleas, including my own, for a dispassionate, objective assessment of what we know, don’t know and need to know about Covid-19 origins, we seem to be even further from this goal now than we have ever been – plagued by politicization, polarization and illogical thinking.

  2. 02 RealClearPolitics

    Fauci Hearing Was Painful To Watch, But We Need Answers

  3. 03 Fox News

    At issue is whether Fauci can invoke the Fifth Amendment after former President Joe Biden issued him a preemptive pardon before leaving office.

  4. 04 HuffPost

    Republican Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky, the committee chairman who pressed for the contempt finding, said the constitutional protection did not apply because Democratic President Joe Biden had issued a preemptive pardon to Fauci, and he did not need to be concerned about potential prosecution.

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Lean Right Fauci refuses Senate appearance after invoking Fifth Amendment more than 100 times in COVID probe — New York Post
Lean Left The Fauci hearing was painful to watch. But we need answers on Covid-19’s origin| David Relman — The Guardian US
Lean Right Fauci Hearing Was Painful To Watch, But We Need Answers — RealClearPolitics
Right Fauci refuses Senate appearance after invoking Fifth Amendment more than 100 times in COVID probe — Fox News
Left Dr. Anthony Fauci Declines Request To Appear Before A Second Senate Panel After GOP Contempt Vote — HuffPost