Fauci CONTEMPT VOTE LIVE: Sen. Rand Paul Holds Contempt Vote After Fauci Invokes 5th Amendment | USA LIVE | CNBC TV18
Sen. Josh Hawley just obliterated Fauci's legal claim to the 5th Amendment, citing Supreme Court precedent confirming Fauci BROKE THE LAW
"The United States Supreme Court has been clear for over a century, dating back to 1896, that when a witness has received immunity, he may not stand upon his privilege!"
"And multiple courts of appeals, including the United States Supreme Court, has said that a witness must reasonably believe that his statements could be used in criminal prosecution or could lead to other evidence that might be so used."
"The court has also said that the danger must be real and appreciable. It must not be one of imaginary and unsubstantial character."
"All that to say that, I think it's pretty clear, given Dr. Fauci's 111 invocations of the Fifth Amendment, included questions that he could have no fear of prosecution on."
WASHINGTON DC - The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee to vote on holding Dr. Anthony Fauci in contempt of Congress.
Kentucky Senator Rand Paul has released his contempt resolution against Dr. Anthony Fauci's after his contentious hearing on Capitol Hill last week.
Fauci pleaded the Fifth several times as Paul and other GOP members on the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee sought to grill him about the origins and handling of the coronavirus.
President Joe Biden preemptively pardoned Fauci in Jan. 2025 as he left office in hopes of short-circuiting political prosecutions against the longtime health official. "Authorizing the President of the Senate to certify the report of the Committee of Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate regarding the refusal of Dr. Anthony S. Fauci to answer questions pertinent to the subject under inquiry before the Committee as required by Committee subpoena," Paul said in part of the resolution posted on X.
Paul, who released Fauci's diary last week, highlighted the doctor's two-sided remarks about masks, which he alleges Fauci said privately are ineffective in public. Meanwhile, Fauci wore three masks, he noted.
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