Rand Paul moves toward contempt vote after Fauci invokes Fifth Amendment 111 times

NPR — Politics—Sen. Rand Paul says he will push the Senate Judiciary Committee to hold Dr. Anthony Fauci in contempt after Fauci invoked the Fifth Amendment 111 times over roughly three hours during a combative hearing on COVID-19 origins. The Hill reports Paul had already released more than 1,000 pages of Fauci's private diary before the hearing, using the documents to press him on pandemic-era decisions. Daily Wire frames Paul's move as a warning of 'repercussions' for Fauci's refusal to answer, while NPR and PBS confirm a contempt vote is now formally scheduled rather than merely threatened.

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