参议院委员会最早将于下周就强制福奇作证进行投票
2026年7月29日 美国东部时间12:01 / 福克斯新闻
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参议员约什·霍利（R-密苏里州）质问安东尼·福奇博士，称由于获得赦免，他不再享有第五修正案权利。
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前美国国家过敏和传染病研究所（NIAID）所长安东尼·福奇博士在周三的国会质询中未回答议员们的问题，但共和党人正在升级攻势，迫使他作证。
肯塔基州联邦参议员兰德·保罗（R）周三宣布，将以藐视国会罪起诉福奇，此前福奇在这场备受瞩目的听证会上超过100次援引第五修正案反对自证其罪的权利。
“我们下周将就藐视国会罪进行投票，我认为还有另一个法律问题可能需要法院裁决，”保罗说，“那就是总统赦免是否能为你提供完全的豁免权。”
参议院国土安全与政府事务委员会资深共和党议员兰德·保罗（R）于2025年1月15日在华盛顿特区举行的参议院国土安全与政府事务委员会确认听证会上发言。（安德鲁·哈尼克/盖蒂图片社）
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此举标志着保罗与福奇之间长达数年的争斗达到顶峰，此前这位参议员指责福奇就新冠疫情起源向国会撒谎，并指控他资助了据称助长病毒爆发的中国功能获得性研究。
保罗此前曾对福奇提出刑事转介，并暗示他应因涉嫌向国会作出虚假陈述而面临刑事起诉。
福奇多次否认保罗的指控，并表示自己没有做错任何事。
作为参议院国土安全与政府事务委员会资深共和党议员，保罗在福奇拒绝自愿出席作证后，于周三传唤他就新冠疫情起源作证。
福奇多次援引第五修正案，称保罗有“执念”要将他逮捕，并根据他的开场陈述，福奇在周末发布了超过1000页的“个人日记”，试图让他难堪并恐吓他。
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福奇拒绝回答任何问题的情况让保罗和他的团队感到意外，他们原本以为这位前新冠疫情协调官不会援引第五修正案权利。
一位知情人士告诉福克斯新闻数字频道，议员们此前非常有信心，提前准备了多个问题，并告知委员会成员要准备好应对福奇的反驳。
委员会中的一些共和党人认为，前总统乔·拜登给予福奇的全面赦免不会使他免受藐视国会的制裁，因为任何被指控的不当行为都发生在赦免发布之后。
这项前所未有的赦免涵盖了这位前新冠疫情协调官在2014年1月1日至2025年1月20日期间，在领导NIAID、指导全国新冠疫情应对以及其他政府工作中可能犯下的任何联邦罪行。
“你已经被赦免，因此不再享有第五修正案下的任何权利，”密苏里州联邦参议员约什·霍利（R）在激烈的听证会上说道，“你清楚这一点。你的律师现在正坐在你身后紧张地挪动着。他们也清楚这一点。这无关宪法，也无关法律。”
“这关乎藐视，藐视这个机构，藐视美国人民，”他继续说道。
威斯康星州联邦参议员罗恩·约翰逊（R）表示，他对福奇行使第五修正案权利并不感到意外。
“我当然理解，在律师的建议下，你不回答任何问题，”约翰逊在听证会上说道，“因为我认为你几乎不可能如实回答问题，而不暴露你所做的事情和你的罪责。”
福奇的律师大卫·舍特勒是一位知名的刑事辩护律师，在未被点名的情况下试图发言后，保罗指示国会警察将他逐出听证室。
肯塔基州联邦参议员兰德·保罗（R）周三宣布，将以藐视国会罪起诉前美国国家过敏和传染病研究所（NIAID）所长安东尼·福奇博士。（奇普·索莫德维拉/盖蒂图片社）
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计划中的委员会投票很可能会沿党派路线进行，因为委员会中的几名民主党议员在周三为福奇辩护。
如果该决议在委员会获得通过，藐视国会罪提案将提交至整个参议院，民主党人可以在那里进行阻挠议事。该决议需要60票才能推进，这需要至少一些民主党议员的支持。
委员会中的民主党人指责保罗领导了一场党派监督调查，将他们排除在外，包括在共和党人公开发布文件之前未与他们分享。
“这场听证会似乎是多数党数月来有偏见、选择性行动的 culmination，他们以委员会调查为幌子，基本上是为了合法化多年前就得出的预先确定的结论，”密歇根州联邦参议员加里·彼得斯（D）在开场陈述中说道。
这位民主党领袖还指责保罗“重提旧事”，而不是举行年度威胁听证会或就下一个财政年度国土安全部的预算请求举行监督听证会。
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保罗反驳称，彼得斯关于委员会阻止少数党获取记录的说法“完全是虚假的”，并声称此次调查是“历史上最透明的调查”。
“我们实际上创建了一个网站，将所有信息都发布在上面，该网站仍在运营，”保罗补充道，“没人访问的原因是从来没有民主党人注册过。”
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新罕布什尔州联邦参议员玛吉·哈桑（D）也在听证会上发言，称该论坛是为了“诱捕”福奇而设计的。
在福奇多次援引第五修正案后，她和其他民主党人未能提出任何问题。
Rand Paul seeks contempt charges after Fauci invokes Fifth Amendment more than 100 times
The Senate committee vote to compel Fauci’s testimony is expected as early as next week
July 29, 2026 12:01pm EDT / Fox News
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Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo, confronts Dr. Anthony Fauci, arguing he has no Fifth Amendment rights due to a pardon.
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Dr. Anthony Fauci, the former National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) Director, left Wednesday’s congressional grilling without answering lawmakers’ questions, but Republicans are escalating their fight to compel his testimony.
Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., announced Wednesday that he will seek contempt charges against Fauci after he invoked his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination more than 100 times during the blockbuster hearing.
“We’re going to have a vote next week on contempt. I think there’s another legal question that the courts may have to decide upon,” Paul said. “And that is whether or not a presidential pardon offers you complete immunity.”
Chairman Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., speaks during a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs confirmation hearing on Jan. 15, 2025, in Washington, D.C.(Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)
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The move capped off a years-long feud between Paul and Fauci after the senator accused Fauci of lying to Congress about the origins of COVID-19 and funding gain-of-function research in China that he alleged fueled the virus’ outbreak.
Paul has previously issued criminal referrals against Fauci and suggested he should face criminal prosecution over alleged false statements to Congress.
Fauci has repeatedly denied Paul’s allegations and said he did not do anything wrong.
Paul, the top Republican on the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, subpoenaed Fauci to testify Wednesday about the origins of COVID-19 after he declined to appear voluntarily.
Fauci repeatedly pleaded the Fifth, arguing Paul had an “obsession” with seeking his arrest and released more than 1,000 pages of his “personal diary” over the weekend in an effort to embarrass and intimidate him, according to his opening statement.
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Fauci’s refusal to answer any questions came as a surprise to Paul and his staff, who believed the ex-COVID-19 czar would not invoke his Fifth Amendment rights.
So confident, a source familiar told Fox News Digital, that several questions were prepared ahead of time, and members of the committee were told to come prepared for Fauci’s rebuttals.
Some Republicans on the panel have argued that the sweeping pardon former President Joe Biden granted Fauci would not shield him from contempt sanctions because any alleged misconduct would have occurred after the pardon was issued.
The unprecedented pardon covers any federal offenses the ex-COVID-19 czar may have committed between Jan. 1, 2014, and Jan. 20, 2025 regarding his leadership over the NIAID and helming the nation’s COVID-19 response, among other government service.
“You don’t have any rights under the Fifth Amendment because you’ve been pardoned,” Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., said during the fiery hearing. “You know that. Your lawyer is sitting behind you now, shifting nervously in their chairs. They know it. This isn’t about the Constitution. This isn’t about the law.”
“This is about contempt, contempt for this body and contempt for the American people,” he continued.
Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., said he was not surprised Fauci exercised his Fifth Amendment rights.
“I certainly understand why, on the advice of counsel, you’re not answering any questions,” Johnson said during the hearing. “Because I think it’d be almost impossible for you to answer the questions truthfully. Without really demonstrating what you did, your culpability.”
After Fauci’s lawyer, David Schertler, a prominent criminal defense attorney, attempted to speak without being recognized, Paul directed Capitol Police to eject him from the hearing room.
Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., announced Wednesday that he will seek contempt charges against Dr. Anthony Fauci, the former National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) Director.(Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
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The planned committee vote is likely to be along party lines as several Democrats on the panel came to Fauci’s defense on Wednesday.
If approved by the committee, the contempt resolution would head to the full Senate, where Democrats could filibuster it. The resolution would need 60 votes to advance, requiring at least some Democratic support.
Democrats on the panel accused Paul of leading a partisan oversight investigation that cut them out, including failing to share documents before Republicans publicly released them.
“This hearing appears to be a culmination of months of biased and selected efforts by the majority, under the guise of a committee investigation, to basically legitimize a predetermined conclusion that was reached years ago,” Sen. Gary Peters, D-Mich., said during his opening statement.
The lead Democrat also accused Paul of “relitigating the past” instead of holding the annual threats hearing or an oversight hearing on the Department of Homeland Security’s budget request for the upcoming fiscal year.
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Paul fired back that Peters’ claim that the committee blocked the minority from accessing records is “categorically false” and claimed the probe was the “most transparent investigation” in history.
“We actually created a website, and we put all of the information on the website. It continues to operate,” Paul added. “The reason it hasn’t been accessed is no Democrat ever signed up for it.”
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Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-N.H., also spoke at the hearing, arguing the forum was “designed to entrap” Fauci.
She and other Democrats were not able to ask any questions after Fauci repeatedly pleaded the Fifth.
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