More Bad News for Fauci as Contempt Vote Looms
Key Points:
- The Department of Health and Human Services has provided a digital copy of Anthony Fauci's pandemic-era iPhone to the Senate Homeland Security Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, led by Senator Ron Johnson.
- This digital clone could reveal new information about Fauci's decisions while heading the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases during the COVID-19 pandemic.
- Senator Johnson expressed hope that the device will answer questions Fauci declined to address during a recent Senate hearing.
- The release follows Congress receiving Fauci's personal journals and coincides with increased Republican scrutiny, including Senator Rand Paul's committee considering holding Fauci in contempt for his refusal to answer certain questions.