A member of the U.S. Capitol police waits to take away David Schertler, center, the attorney of Anthony Fauci, right, at the direction of the chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Rand Paul, R-Ky., during a July 29 hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington.
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Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Rand Paul, R-Ky., presides over a vote Thursday whether to hold Anthony Fauci, the former director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, in contempt for having invoked the Fifth Amendment in response to questions about the COVID-19 pandemic on Capitol Hill in Washington.
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Former NIH Director Anthony Fauci testifies before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee hearing July 29 in Washington.
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Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., speaks Thursday as Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Rand Paul, R-Ky., presides over a vote whether to hold Anthony Fauci in contempt for having invoked the Fifth Amendment in response to questions about the COVID-19 pandemic on Capitol Hill in Washington.
WASHINGTON — Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., said Thursday he will ask the Justice Department to prosecute Dr. Anthony Fauci for refusing to answer questions about the COVID-19 pandemic after a Senate committee voted to hold the former top infectious disease official in contempt of Congress.
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A member of the U.S. Capitol police waits to take away David Schertler, center, the attorney of Anthony Fauci, right, at the direction of the chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Rand Paul, R-Ky., during a July 29 hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington.
Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Rand Paul, R-Ky., presides over a vote Thursday whether to hold Anthony Fauci, the former director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, in contempt for having invoked the Fifth Amendment in response to questions about the COVID-19 pandemic on Capitol Hill in Washington.
Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., speaks Thursday as Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Rand Paul, R-Ky., presides over a vote whether to hold Anthony Fauci in contempt for having invoked the Fifth Amendment in response to questions about the COVID-19 pandemic on Capitol Hill in Washington.