After invoking the Fifth Amendment more than a hundred times during a Senate hearing last week, Dr. Anthony Fauci is now facing the possibility of being prosecuted for contempt of Congress.
The Senate Homeland Security Committee voted 8-7 along party lines to hold Fauci in contempt for refusing to answer questions about his role in the federal government’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Since Fauci was given a retroactive pardon by President Joe Biden as he was leaving office on Jan. 19, 2025, the one-time presidential chief medical advisor invoked the Fifth Amendment to avoid the perjury trap of making false statements for which he could still be prosecuted, Northeastern University experts said.
