US Senate panel votes to hold Fauci in contempt for declining to answer COVID questions

By: Jacob Fischler

Outlets: DC Bureau (States Newsroom)

Published: August 6, 2026

Words: 661

Last Updated: 1 week, 5 days ago

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WASHINGTON — Republicans on a U.S. Senate panel voted Thursday to hold Dr. Anthony Fauci in contempt of Congress after he declined to answer any questions at a hearing last week about the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee voted along party lines to approve a resolution referring to the Justice Department charges that Fauci, a top public health official during the pandemic, violated a congressional subpoena when …

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