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Fauci Contempt Proceedings and Expanded FBI Investigation

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Fauci Contempt Proceedings and ~~Legal Challenges Continue~~ Expanded FBI Investigation

The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee has voted along party lines to recommend holding former NIAID Director Dr. Anthony Fauci in contempt of Congress. The resolution follows a July 29, 2026, hearing during which Fauci invoked his Fifth Amendment rights 111 times to decline answering questions regarding the federal response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the laboratory-leak hypothesis, and U.S. funding of gain-of-function research at the Wuhan Institute of Virology. On August 6, the committee voted 8-5 to issue the contempt finding. Chairman Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) announced plans to refer the finding to the Department of Justice for potential criminal prosecution, arguing that Fauci’s Fifth Amendment claims are invalid due to a preemptive pardon from President Joe Biden covering conduct from 2014 through January 2025. Recent investigations ~~have uncovered evidence suggesting~~ and memos released by Sen. Paul allege Fauci ~~requested the deletion of~~ instructed aides to delete sensitive email ~~contents~~ communications on at least five separate occasions ~~during his final two decades in government. Specifically, records from~~ between 2009 and 2020. One March 2012 ~~show~~ record shows Fauci directing a senior official to delete an exchange regarding controversial research ~~involving~~ by virologist Ron ~~Fouchier, whose experiments aimed to make~~ Fouchier involving airborne bird ~~flu transmissible through the air.~~ flu. Memos also ~~indicate~~ suggest Fauci ~~may have~~ used intelligence community contacts to influence the ~~narrative regarding~~ COVID-19 ~~origins, reportedly~~ origin narrative, urging the CIA and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence to ~~engage with~~ consult scientists advocating for a natural ~~origin of the virus. Furthermore, documents~~ origin. Documents further reveal an interagency agreement between the NIAID and the CIA’s Biological Technology Center involving ~~the transfer of~~ funds for “forensic microbiology” and genomic ~~analysis related~~ analysis. In September 2026, the FBI and Department of Justice expanded a federal investigation into the origins of COVID-19. Investigators are analyzing emails, phone records, and financial documents to ~~bioterrorism threats.~~ determine if officials attempted to conceal information regarding a potential laboratory incident in Wuhan. The probe involves at least eight scientists, including Fauci, and follows the August 2026 guilty plea of Fauci’s former senior advisor, Dr.

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