# Legal expert explains Senate panel vote to hold Fauci in contempt

https://mins.news/en/video/15302

- CNN, 2026-08-06 14:51 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9CIkb0qAYQ

> The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee voted to hold Anthony Fauci in contempt of Congress. Fauci guided the response to the Covid-19 pandemic and led the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases when the pandemic began. During a committee hearing last week, he invoked the Fifth Amendment more than 100 times. The vote could begin a process that may lead the Justice Department to consider further action.

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