Two-thirds of senators needed to approve the resolution.
By Catholics for Catholics
Kentucky GOP Sen. Rand Paul tried to seek immunity for a former longtime aide of Dr. Anthony Fauci, but was rejected.
On Wednesday, Democrats discarded Paul’s request to give the aide, who he did not name, legal immunity. The Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee voted 8-7 against the aide getting legal immunity.
According to a story by the Epoch Times, the vote on a resolution sanctioning an application for a court order forcing testimony under immunity from the assistant, who was not identified, fell short of the required two-thirds of members.
All eight Republicans, but no Democrats, voted in favor. Two Democrats would have had to approve of the voting for the resolution to go through.
A seminal figure during the COVID pandemic era, Fauci, 85, headed the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases from 1984 to 2022. Earlier this year, he steadfastly refused to answer questions before the panel, citing the Fifth Amendment, prompting the committee to refer him for contempt of Congress to federal prosecutors.
Up until now, the Department of Justice has not charged Fauci with any crimes.
According to Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.), the committee’s chairman, the unnamed female assistant worked for Fauci from 2007 to 2022,
Paul said her position “placed her in the flow of communications directly relevant to our investigation” into Fauci. She recently appeared behind closed doors before the committee and invoked the Fifth Amendment, or her right against self-incrimination.
The key questions senators want answered chiefly deal with the destruction of government records, Paul said. A doctor who was a longtime adviser to Fauci recently pleaded guilty to conspiring to delete government records. Fauci has directed subordinates to delete emails.
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