Sen. Paul’s Actions against Fauci has Legal Questions….

The Senate committee voted to refer a change of ‘Contempt of Congress’ to the Justice Dept. In response to Sen Rand Paul’s effort’s……..(Justice decides on going forward)

Fauci HAS a blanket Presidential Pardon covering his tenure as the Biden and Trump medical advisors….

I’m no lawyer….

But the pardon Should supersede  the Senate’s request

In addition

The Democrats ARE gonna own the House and maybe Senate at which time Fauci’s case would be Dropped?

Remember?

Trump’s Pardon’s? like Biden’s ….. if Fauci’s don’t work?…..

Could be accessible by a Future Democratic Congress???

Politics’s, Eh?

 

A Senate panel voted Thursday to hold Anthony Fauci in contempt for repeatedly declining to answer questions last week from lawmakers investigating the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Why it matters: Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) has said he will refer the contempt resolution to the Department of Justice for possible prosecution.

• That could set up a legal clash, since former President Biden preemptively pardoned Fauci before leaving office.

The big picture: The 8-5 vote by the Senate Homeland Security Committee is just one of the ways Republicans are turning up the heat on Fauci.

• Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) said a subcommittee has obtained the phone Fauci used during the pandemic — providing a potential new flood of revelations after the committee already released his diary.

Driving the news: Paul said Fauci had no reason to invoke his Fifth Amendment right not to answer questions from the Senate committee last week, since Biden had already pardoned him for actions during the time when he led the nation’s infectious disease efforts.

• “Dr. Fauci faced no risk of federal prosecution. All he had to do was tell the truth,” Paul said before the vote.
• Democrats countered that the GOP was trying to put the 85-year-old former top infectious diseases expert in legal jeopardy, by forcing him to make statements that could open new lines of investigation for the committee.
• Sen. Gary Peters (D-Mich.) said the vote will make it harder to conduct future oversight, because witnesses “will point to this vote as a justification for refusing to appear at all.”

Between the lines: The Department of Justice isn’t saying whether it will investigate — yet. “The Department seriously reviews all congressional referrals,” a DOJ spokesperson said…..

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