Senate Releases Contempt Resolution Text — Fauci Refused 100+ Questions

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The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee released the full text of its resolution to hold Anthony Fauci in contempt of Congress — laying out the timeline of the former National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases chief refusing to answer over 100 questions despite holding a Biden pardon that stripped him of Fifth Amendment protection.

The resolution walks through the sequence of events leading to Thursday’s contempt vote.

Fauci was subpoenaed and “instructed that he was ‘to provide testimony concerning matters under consideration by the Committee, including the origins of COVID–19, risky life sciences research, and your tenure as a Federal government employee.'”

He refused.

The resolution confirms Fauci received a Biden pardon covering “any offenses against the United States which he may have committed or taken part in during the period from January 1, 2014, through the date of this pardon arising from or in any manner related to his service” as NIAID director, White House Coronavirus Task Force member, and Chief Medical Advisor to the President.

“A Full and Unconditional Pardon” dated January 19, 2025, covering the period from January 1, 2014, through the date of the pardon.

Sen. Rand Paul, chairman of the committee, ruled the Fifth Amendment privilege “unsupported as applied to questions pertaining to the period of the pardon and directed Dr. Fauci to answer.”

Fauci refused.

Paul overruled the privilege claim and warned Fauci he could be held in contempt of Congress.

Fauci still refused to answer any questions — even refusing to acknowledge a folder sitting in front of him.

The resolution’s operative language directs the President of the Senate to certify the committee report “detailing the refusal of Dr. Anthony S. Fauci to answer questions pertinent to the subject under inquiry” to the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia “to the end that Dr. Fauci be proceeded against in the manner and form provided by law.”

The full resolution text is available on Sen. Paul’s official website.

The committee vote is set for Thursday.

Sen. Bernie Moreno (R-OH) dismantled Fauci’s Fifth Amendment claim during last week’s hearing.

“I’m going to give the Constitution to my aide. He’ll bring it over to you so you can have it for future reference. I think it’s something that every American should know what the Constitution says. Do you know who wrote the Fifth Amendment?” Moreno asked.

Fauci refused to answer.

“So you’re invoking a right that you don’t know who wrote it or what it says. Is that correct?” Moreno pressed.

Fauci refused to answer.

Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) explained the legal reality bluntly.

“Let’s just get one thing straight: You don’t have any rights under the Fifth Amendment because you’ve been pardoned, as you very well know, as the Supreme Court has been clear for a century and more.”

Hawley cited the 1896 Supreme Court case Brown vs. Walker: “When he has been pardoned, he may not stand upon his privilege. You know that your lawyer is sitting behind you now shifting nervously in their chairs, they know it.”

“This isn’t about the Constitution. This isn’t about the law. This is about contempt — contempt for this body and contempt for the American people,” Hawley said.

Hawley then laid out why Fauci refuses to talk.

“It’s because during the pandemic you got rich, didn’t you? You got rich while people were dying — hundreds of thousands of Americans, over a million in the end — and you were getting rich. And not only were you doing that, you were using federal employees with taxpayer money to apply for and solicit cash prizes for you personally, cash prizes totaling over a million dollars. You did all of that during the pandemic, didn’t you? That’s a question,” Hawley said.

Fauci refused to answer.

Sen. Rick Scott (R-FL) told Fauci his legacy would be “not as a man who has saved America from COVID, but as a man who destroyed the public trust in America’s public health institutions in exchange for five minutes of fame.”

“You breached public trust, and now you’re hiding behind a fraudulent pardon,” Scott said.

The contempt resolution now heads to a Thursday committee vote.

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