US Senate panel votes to hold Fauci in contempt of Congress over Covid hearing
by Robert Tait in Washington from US news | The Guardian on (#77GFM)
Anthony Fauci's lawyer condemned the vote from the Republican-controlled committee as a crude political stunt'
A Republican-controlled US Senate committee voted to hold Dr Anthony Fauci in contempt of Congress after the veteran public health official repeatedly pleaded the fifth amendment to parry a hostile inquisition into his stewardship of the response to the Covid-19 pandemic.
Fauci, the former director of National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (Niaid), who led the agency for 38 years before retiring in 2022, gave the same response to dozens of questions while refusing to give clarifying answers during a tense hearing last week, citing his constitutional protections.
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