Senate committee votes to hold Fauci in contempt for refusing to answer COVID questions

Senators voted to hold former NIH Director Anthony Fauci in contempt of Congress after he pleaded the Fifth during a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee hearing on July 29, 2026. This decision follows Fauci's refusal to answer specific COVID questions. The vote initiates a referral to the Department of Justice to investigate whether the longtime top infectious disease official properly exercised his constitutional rights during the proceedings in Washington, DC.