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The Senate Homeland Security Committee voted to hold Dr. Anthony Fauci in contempt after he invoked the Fifth Amendment and declined to answer questions about COVID origins and pandemic policies at a hearing.
The Senate Homeland Security Committee voted to hold Dr. Anthony Fauci in contempt after he invoked the Fifth Amendment and refused to answer questions about COVID origins and pandemic policy. Fauci cited his right against self-incrimination, a legal right, but contempt votes create political pressure regardless of legal merit.
Fauci invoking the Fifth Amendment is itself significant. It suggests he or his legal team believes answering questions could expose him to legal liability. Whether that's a valid concern or excessive caution matters less than what it signals: a high-ranking federal official believes the questions are designed to trap him, not to find facts. The contempt vote is largely symbolic—it won't result in jail time for a private citizen—but it's part of a larger pattern of using committee power to create adversarial investigations rather than fact-finding hearings. It's a way of making someone radioactive without proving anything.
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