{"id":20286,"date":"2026-08-06T04:00:03","date_gmt":"2026-08-06T04:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ecigcanadazone.com\/restofcanada\/senate-panel-has-obtained-copy-of-faucis-cellphone\/"},"modified":"2026-08-06T04:00:03","modified_gmt":"2026-08-06T04:00:03","slug":"senate-panel-has-obtained-copy-of-faucis-cellphone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ecigcanadazone.com\/restofcanada\/senate-panel-has-obtained-copy-of-faucis-cellphone\/","title":{"rendered":"Senate Panel Has Obtained Copy of Fauci\u2019s Cellphone"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-0\">\n<div class=\"css-155wybs-print\">\n<p class=\"css-aa8b97-Paragraph-baseStyles-paragraphTreatmentStyles-print evys1bk0\">On the eve of a planned vote by a Senate committee on whether to hold Dr. Anthony S. Fauci in contempt of Congress for refusing to answer questions at a hearing last week, the chairman of a separate panel said that he has obtained a copy of Dr. Fauci\u2019s cellphone.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-aa8b97-Paragraph-baseStyles-paragraphTreatmentStyles-print evys1bk0\">\u201cHopefully, this device will address many of the questions he refused to answer at last week\u2019s hearing,\u201d Senator Ron Johnson, Republican of Wisconsin and chairman of the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, wrote <a class=\"css-bhdv0x-linkClass\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/SenRonJohnson\/status\/2085151154338415064?s=20\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">on social media<\/a> Wednesday night.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-aa8b97-Paragraph-baseStyles-paragraphTreatmentStyles-print evys1bk0\">Like Senator Rand Paul, the Kentucky Republican who ordered the contempt vote, Mr. Johnson has been a fervent critic of Dr. Fauci. While Mr. Paul has focused his inquiry on the origins of the pandemic, Mr. Johnson has been more interested in Covid vaccines.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-aa8b97-Paragraph-baseStyles-paragraphTreatmentStyles-print evys1bk0\">News that Mr. Johnson had obtained the phone was first reported by The Wall Street Journal, <a class=\"css-bhdv0x-linkClass\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/politics\/policy\/anthony-fauci-covid-phone-senate-96ebd8be?mod=e2tw\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">which<\/a> said that the Department of Health and Human Services had sent a copy of the phone to Mr. Johnson\u2019s subcommittee.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-1\">\n<div class=\"css-155wybs-print\">\n<p class=\"css-aa8b97-Paragraph-baseStyles-paragraphTreatmentStyles-print evys1bk0\">A spokesman for Dr. Fauci did not return a text message seeking comment late Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-aa8b97-Paragraph-baseStyles-paragraphTreatmentStyles-print evys1bk0\">During last week\u2019s hearing before the Homeland Security Committee, Dr. Fauci invoked his Fifth Amendment right to remain silent more than 100 times, following a brief opening statement in which he said that Mr. Paul, the panel\u2019s chairman, had an \u201cunhinged obsession\u201d with him.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-aa8b97-Paragraph-baseStyles-paragraphTreatmentStyles-print evys1bk0\">The senator, who has repeatedly said he wants to see Dr. Fauci in prison, has accused Dr. Fauci of funding research in China that created the virus responsible for the Covid pandemic, and lying to Congress about it. Dr. Fauci, who appeared before the committee under a subpoena, has vigorously denied the allegation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-aa8b97-Paragraph-baseStyles-paragraphTreatmentStyles-print evys1bk0\">Senator Paul and his fellow Republicans assert that, because Dr. Fauci received a \u201cpre-emptive\u201d presidential pardon from former President Joseph R. Biden Jr., he does not have the right to invoke the Fifth Amendment.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div><span title=\"ScoopHelper edit storyline button\" class=\"styln-edit-storyline css-1ukzkg8\" data-storyline-uri=\"nyt:\/\/storyline\/2de31dda-2258-4e5d-9dcf-8b8f41f783c3\" data-storyline-inline-module-name=\"live updates\"\/><\/p>\n<div role=\"complementary\" aria-labelledby=\"storyline-latest-updates\" class=\"css-1bcieq1-printHide-containerClass\">\n<div class=\"css-dcpaa4-innerClass\">\n<div class=\"css-1xoohxb-lastModClass\"><time class=\"css-8lltw5-timeClass\" datetime=\"2026-08-06T02:24:28.345Z\"><span>Updated<!-- -->\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span aria-hidden=\"true\" data-time=\"abs\" class=\"css-1jdt4et-absClass-sharedTransformClass\">Aug. 5, 2026, 10:24 p.m. ET<\/span><span data-time=\"rel\" class=\"css-g0kcrn-relClass-sharedTransformClass-showClass\"\/><\/p>\n<p><\/time><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"css-aa8b97-Paragraph-baseStyles-paragraphTreatmentStyles-print evys1bk0\">They also say that Dr. Fauci\u2019s brief statement at the outset of the hearing amounted to testifying, and that he cannot both testify and refuse to testify.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-aa8b97-Paragraph-baseStyles-paragraphTreatmentStyles-print evys1bk0\">\u201cAccountability is coming,\u201d Mr. Paul <a class=\"css-bhdv0x-linkClass\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RandPaul\/status\/2085111099360411697?s=20\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">wrote on social media<\/a> Wednesday, above a photograph of Dr. Fauci at the witness table that said, \u201cDr. Fauci\u2019s Contempt Vote. Thursday at 8:30 a.m.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-2\">\n<div class=\"css-155wybs-print\">\n<p class=\"css-aa8b97-Paragraph-baseStyles-paragraphTreatmentStyles-print evys1bk0\">If the Homeland Security Committee votes to hold Dr. Fauci in contempt, it would clear the way for the panel to recommend that the Justice Department prosecute him for failing to comply with the subpoena, a misdemeanor under federal law. But that does not mean the department will take up the case.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-aa8b97-Paragraph-baseStyles-paragraphTreatmentStyles-print evys1bk0\">In order for a contempt resolution to carry the force of law, the full Senate must adopt it. If that happens, it would be sent to the U.S. attorney in Washington, who would then have an obligation to investigate. But contempt resolutions require a 60-vote majority, and with 53 Republicans in the Senate, adoption is highly unlikely.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-aa8b97-Paragraph-baseStyles-paragraphTreatmentStyles-print evys1bk0\">Mr. Johnson\u2019s announcement comes less than two weeks after Senator Paul publicly released Dr. Fauci\u2019s journal, which Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. turned over to the committee.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-aa8b97-Paragraph-baseStyles-paragraphTreatmentStyles-print evys1bk0\">The journal, written on a government computer, exposed Dr. Fauci\u2019s interest in his own media appearances and friendships with celebrities, a stark contrast to the white-coated scientist many Americans had come to know. It also revealed that Dr. Fauci had academic colleagues to nominate him for cash prizes, including a $1 million award from an Israel-based foundation, which government ethics officials allowed him to keep.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-aa8b97-Paragraph-baseStyles-paragraphTreatmentStyles-print evys1bk0\">Republicans have used those diary entries to accuse Dr. Fauci of using his government position to enrich himself. But the diaries also show that Dr. Fauci sought the required ethics approvals, and that officials instructed him to turn down some awards.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-aa8b97-Paragraph-baseStyles-paragraphTreatmentStyles-print evys1bk0\">Whether or not the resolution is adopted, the Senate vote will not mark the end of Dr. Fauci\u2019s travails. The attorney general of Florida, James Uthmeier<a class=\"css-bhdv0x-linkClass\" href=\"https:\/\/www.myfloridalegal.com\/newsrelease\/attorney-general-james-uthmeier-subpoenas-dr-anthony-fauci-over-potential-self-dealing\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">, announced Wednesday<\/a> that he has issued a subpoena for Dr. Fauci and is teaming up with the attorneys general of West Virginia and Louisiana to investigate the scientist for \u201cpotential self-dealing during the pandemic\u201d and Covid-19 guidance that affected Florida businesses and consumers.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/08\/05\/us\/politics\/fauci-phone-senate.html\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] On the eve of a planned vote by a Senate committee on whether to hold Dr. Anthony S. 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