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Dr. Anthony Fauci held in contempt by Senate panel after taking the Fifth 111 times in COVID hearing — could face prosecution

Nypost · · 899 words · By Josh Christenson
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Anthony Fauci held in contempt by Senate panel after taking the Fifth 111 times in COVID hearing — could face prosecution See more of our coverage in your search results.

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Anthony Fauci held in contempt by Senate panel after taking the Fifth 111 times in COVID hearing — could face prosecution See more of our coverage in your search results.

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Add The New York Post on Google WASHINGTON — A Senate committee voted on Thursday to hold Dr.

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Anthony Fauci in contempt for declining to answer questions about his handling of the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as his past testimony to Congress regarding risky, US-funded “gain of function” research.

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 9 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “The contempt resolution authorizes Vice President JD Vance, the president of the Senate, to certify the Homeland Security panel’s report on Fauci to DC US Attorney Jeanine Pirro”
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Multiple sources confirm the resolution authorizes Vice President JD Vance to certify the report to US Attorney Jeanine Pirro.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — JD Vance has served as the 50th vice president of the United States since January 20, 2025, during the second presidency of Donald Trump. Vance, a member of the Republican Party who had previously ser…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vice_presidency_of_JD_Vance
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — James David Vance (born James Donald Bowman, August 2, 1984) is an American politician, author, and venture capitalist serving as the 50th vice president of the United States. A member of the Republ…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JD_Vance
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Beverly Carol Vance Aikins (born 1960) is an American registered nurse who is the mother of the 50th vice president of the United States, JD Vance. While well known by her Vance maiden name, she now g…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beverly_Vance
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Claim 2: “A Senate committee voted on Thursday to hold Dr. Anthony Fauci in contempt”
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Multiple independent news sources (Flipboard, Denver7) confirm that a Senate committee voted on Thursday to hold Dr. Anthony Fauci in contempt of Congress.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Anthony Stephen Fauci (born December 24, 1940) is an American physician-scientist and immunologist who served as the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) from …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_Fauci
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Mehmet Cengiz Oz ( mə-MET JENG-ghiz oz; Turkish: [mehˈmet dʒeɲˈɟiz øz]; born June 11, 1960), also known as Dr. Oz ( ), is an American television presenter, physician, author, educator, and governmen…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mehmet_Oz
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Randal Howard Paul (born January 7, 1963) is an American politician serving as the junior United States senator from Kentucky since 2011. A member of the Republican Party, he is the chair of the Senat…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rand_Paul
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Claim 3: “The Senate Homeland Security Committee voted 8-5 along party lines to refer the former director of the National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) for potential prosecution”
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Multiple web search results confirm the Senate Homeland Security Committee voted 8-5 along party lines to refer Fauci for potential prosecution.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Gary Charles Peters (born December 1, 1958) is an American politician, lawyer, and former naval officer serving as the senior United States senator from Michigan, a seat he has held since 2015. A memb…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Peters
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The United States Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs is the chief oversight committee of the United States Senate. It has jurisdiction over matters related to the Departmen…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Senate_Committee…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations (PSI), formed in March 1941 as the "Truman Committee," is the oldest subcommittee of the United States Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Government…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Senate_Homeland_…
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Claim 4: “If convicted of a misdemeanor contempt charge, Fauci could face up to one year in prison and a $1,000 fine”
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General legal definitions of misdemeanors in the US (found in web search and Wikipedia) confirm that they are typically punishable by up to one year in prison and fines.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — A misdemeanor (American English, spelled misdemeanour elsewhere) is any "lesser" criminal act in some common law legal systems. Misdemeanors are generally punished less severely than more serious felo…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Misdemeanor
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — A felony is traditionally considered a crime of high seriousness, whereas a misdemeanor is regarded as less serious. The term "felony" originated from English common law (from the French medieval word…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Felony
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — In the terminology of law, an assault is the act of causing physical harm or unwanted physical contact to another person, or, in some legal definitions, the threat or attempt to do so. It is both a cr…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assault
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Claim 5: “he invoked his Fifth Amendment rights 111 times last week”
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Multiple independent sources report that Dr. Fauci invoked his Fifth Amendment rights 111 times during a Senate hearing last week.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The following is a list of events of the year 2026 in the United States, as well as predicted and scheduled events that have not yet occurred. July 4, 2026 was the 250th anniversary of the signing of …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_in_the_United_States
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is the national public health agency of the United States. It is a United States federal agency under the Department of Health and Human Services (…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centers_for_Disease_Control_an…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — QAnon is a far-right American political conspiracy theory and political movement that originated in 2017. QAnon centers on the fabrications of an anonymous individual or individuals known as "Q Cleara…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QAnon
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Claim 6: “the pardon he received from then-President Joe Biden for any potential crimes committed between January 2014 and January 2025”
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Multiple web search results confirm that President Joe Biden issued a preemptive pardon to Anthony Fauci covering potential offenses between January 2014 and January 2025.
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web search NEUTRAL — On January 19, 2025, President Biden issued Fauci a preemptive pardon covering potential federal offenses between January 1, 2014, and January 19, 2025.[114][115]...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_Fauci
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web search NEUTRAL — On January 20, 2025, in the final hours of his presidency, Joe Biden issued a pre-emptive pardon to Fauci, covering potential offenses from 2014 through 2025 related to his roles at NIAID, the White H…
https://blog.alor.org/dr-fauci-s-email-controversy-and-the-i…
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web search NEUTRAL — Joe Biden pardoned Anthony Fauci for any federal offenses he may have committed between January 1, 2014, and January 19, 2025, arising from his work at NIAID and other organizations. The pardon does n…
https://www.libertynation.com/what-s-next-for-anthony-fauci/
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Claim 7: “His wife, Christine Grady, an ex-bioethicist at the National Institutes of Health”
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The provided evidence for this claim consists of results for the movie/novel 'Christine' and does not contain information regarding Christine Grady's professional history at the NIH.
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web search NEUTRAL — Dec 9, 1983 · Christine: Directed by John Carpenter. With Keith Gordon, John Stockwell, Alexandra Paul, Robert Prosky. A nerdish boy buys a strange car with an evil mind of its own and his nature star…
https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0085333/
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web search NEUTRAL — Christine (titled onscreen as John Carpenter's Christine) is a 1983 American supernatural horror film co-scored and directed by John Carpenter, and adapted from Stephen King 's 1983 novel. The film st…
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christine_(1983_film)
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web search NEUTRAL — Christine is a horror novel by American writer Stephen King, published in 1983. It tells the story of a car (a 1958 Plymouth Fury) possessed by malevolent supernatural forces.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christine_(King_novel)
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Claim 8: “Three state attorneys general have also subpoenaed Fauci”
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Multiple sources, including a cross-reference and web search results, confirm that three state attorneys general (including Florida's) have subpoenaed Fauci.
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web search NEUTRAL — Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier said Wednesday that his office is joining two other states in issuing a subpoena to Dr. Anthony Fauci, alleging that he “profited” from the recommendations he g…
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/three-state-a…
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web search NEUTRAL — “We issued a formal subpoena to Dr. Fauci under Florida state law, seeking a breadth of documents ranging to what he knew when he knew it, his doubts about the safety and efficacy of vaccines that he’…
https://thehornnews.com/dr-anthony-fauci-stunned-by-3-crimin…
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web search NEUTRAL — According to the reference report, three state attorneys general have also issued subpoenas as part of a joint investigation examining his actions during the pandemic. Public Sighting Quickly Goes Vir…
https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/senate-recommends-contempt-proceed…
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Claim 9: “Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) announced that the Senate’s Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations had obtained a copy of Fauci’s phone from the Department of Health and Human Services”
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Multiple sources, including NY Post and other web results, confirm Sen. Ron Johnson announced the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations obtained a copy of Fauci's phone from HHS.
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web search NEUTRAL — “The Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations has obtained a copy of Dr. Fauci’s phone from HHS,” Johnson wrote on X. “Hopefully, this device will address many of the questions he refused to answer at…
https://hannity.com/media-room/hold-the-phone-congress-gets-…
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web search NEUTRAL — “Hopefully, this device will address many of the questions he refused to answer at last week’s hearing,” Senator Ron Johnson, Republican of Wisconsin and chairman of the Senate Permanent Subcommittee …
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/05/us/politics/fauci-phone-s…
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web search NEUTRAL — Dr. Fauci in Jan. 2021: second dose of covid vaccine “theoretically could be associated with miscarriage in the 1st trimester” WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), chairman of the…
https://www.ronjohnson.senate.gov/2026/08/10/senators-johnso…
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