Fauci Contempt Vote Explained: The Fifth Amendment, the Pardon, and the Lois Lerner Precedent

Podcast: Consequential Actions Podcast · Jeff Kellick

Opublikowano: 2026-08-11

Self-Evident: The Road to 1776 — Episode 9B The Pardon Meant to Shield Fauci Is Why He Faces Contempt On July 29, 2026, Anthony Fauci sat before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee and invoked the Fifth Amendment more than a hundred times. On August 6, the committee voted 8 to 5 along party lines to hold him in contempt of Congress, and Chairman Rand Paul sent the referral to the Justice Department. This episode is not an argument about whether Anthony Fauci deserves any of that. I have been one of his harshest critics for years. It...