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A Senate committee has escalated its long-running investigation of Dr. Anthony Fauci, voting to recommend that the former federal health official be held in contempt of Congress after he repeatedly invoked the Fifth Amendment during questioning about the COVID-19 pandemic.
But the 8-5 party-line vote by the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee does not mean Fauci has been convicted of contempt or even charged with a crime. Instead, it opens another chapter in a dispute involving congressional investigative powers, the Fifth Amendment and the reach of a presidential pardon.
Watch our newest explainer in the video player below for a closer look at the Fauci contempt fight, the constitutional questions at stake and what could happen next.
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A Senate committee has escalated its long-running investigation of Dr. Anthony Fauci, voting to recommend that the former federal health official be held in contempt of Congress after he repeatedly invoked the Fifth Amendment during questioning about the COVID-19 pandemic.
But the 8-5 party-line vote by the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee does not mean Fauci has been convicted of contempt or even charged with a crime. Instead, it opens another chapter in a dispute involving congressional investigative powers, the Fifth Amendment and the reach of a presidential pardon.
Watch our newest explainer in the video player below for a closer look at the Fauci contempt fight, the constitutional questions at stake and what could happen next.
#montana #montanamoment #nbcmontana #mtwx #news #nationalnews #national #politics #politicalnews #fifthamendment #fauci #court #covid19 #covid #biden #pardon #watch
FULL STORY: nbcmontana.com/news/nation-world/anthony-fauci-contempt-congress-senate-fifth-amendment-doj-what-happens-next-explainer-video-bidens-pardon-trump-administration-covid-19-vaccine-senate-committee-rand-paul-ron-johnson-david-schertler-republican-democrat
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