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参议员罗恩·约翰逊寻求福奇作证，作为针对联邦新冠疫情应对措施单独调查的一部分
作者：布里塔尼·米勒 福克斯新闻
发布于2026年8月15日 美国东部时间下午5:15
参议院一个委员会投票决定以藐视国会罪起诉安东尼·福奇博士，此前他在一场关于新冠疫情起源的听证会上111次援引第五修正案。《Outnumbered》节目详细报道了众议院卫生与公众服务部移交工作iPhone记录，以及佛罗里达、阿拉巴马和路易斯安那州官员在兰德·保罗参议员主导的投票后发出的州传票。
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周五，安东尼·福奇博士拒绝了自愿出席第二个参议院小组委员会听证会的要求，这为共和党人针对这位前公共卫生官员应对新冠疫情举措的调查又开辟了一条战线。
福奇的律师拒绝了参议院常设调查小组委员会主席、威斯康星州共和党人罗恩·约翰逊的传唤要求，辩称在7月29日充满争议的参议院听证会之后，再次强迫福奇作证“会以政治为由不当骚扰或贬低福奇博士”。
约翰逊一直在对福奇以及联邦政府的新冠应对措施展开平行调查，其中包括新冠疫苗的安全性和有效性。
【参议员罗恩·约翰逊在《Ruthless》节目中谈论福奇邮件、参议院新的阻挠议事策略】
（资料图：2026年7月29日，华盛顿特区，前美国国立卫生研究院院长安东尼·福奇在参议院国土安全与政府事务委员会听证会上宣誓就职。（安娜·莫尼梅克/盖蒂图片社））
此次拒绝发生在前一周参议院国土安全与政府事务委员会的共和党议员沿党派路线投票决定以藐视国会罪起诉福奇之后，此前他在7月的听证会上100多次援引第五修正案反对自证其罪的权利。
委员会主席、肯塔基州共和党人兰德·保罗曾试图将藐视国会的移送请求直接提交给哥伦比亚特区美国检察官办公室，绕过参议院全院投票。
“这是一场很好的法律讨论，我们在提交移送请求时会向司法部阐明这些法律要点，”保罗在上周的藐视国会投票前告诉福克斯新闻数字频道。
争议的焦点在于，在前总统乔·拜登卸任前对福奇发出预防性赦免后，福奇是否还能援引第五修正案。
【福奇能否躲在第五修正案背后？专家称拜登的赦免或无法提供全面保护】
（资料图：2026年7月29日，华盛顿特区，前美国国立卫生研究院院长安东尼·福奇在参议院国土安全与政府事务委员会听证会上聆听发言。福奇拒绝回答问题，声称自己享有第五修正案权利。（安娜·莫尼梅克/盖蒂图片社））
保罗辩称，拜登的赦免消除了福奇面临联邦起诉的风险，因此破坏了他拒绝回答议员提问的理由。福奇和他的律师对此立场提出了反驳。
多年来，保罗一直在调查福奇在政府新冠疫情应对中的角色，并指责这位前美国国家过敏和传染病研究所所长资助了“高风险”研究，导致新冠病毒据称在中国发生实验室泄漏。保罗曾多次呼吁起诉福奇。
约翰逊的小组委员会还单独获取了与福奇以及政府疫情应对相关的记录。福克斯新闻数字频道此前证实，美国卫生与公众服务部已向该小组委员会移交了福奇在疫情期间使用的手机副本。
在7月的听证会之前，更广泛的国土安全委员会还收到了福奇超过1000页的个人日记。
（资料图：2026年2月16日，周四，华盛顿国会山，威斯康星州共和党人罗恩·参议员在听证会上向明尼苏达州总检察长基思·埃利森做手势。目前尚不清楚约翰逊办公室是否会在福奇拒绝后传唤他。（CSPAN））
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福克斯新闻数字频道联系了约翰逊的办公室，询问在福奇拒绝作证后他是否打算传唤福奇。福克斯新闻数字频道还寻求了保罗办公室的回应，并询问福奇的律师大卫·舍特勒，福奇是否会遵守传唤其作证的传票。
福克斯新闻数字频道的亚历克斯·米勒和伊丽莎白·埃尔金德对本文亦有贡献。
布里塔尼·米勒是福克斯新闻数字频道突发新闻撰稿人，前独立记者，2023年毕业于雪城大学。
Fauci refuses Senate appearance after invoking Fifth Amendment more than 100 times in COVID probe
2026-08-15T17:15:59-04:00 / Fox News
Sen Ron Johnson sought Fauci’s testimony as part of a separate probe into the federal COVID-19 response
By Brittany Miller Fox News
Published August 15, 2026 5:15pm EDT
A Senate panel has voted to hold Dr. Anthony Fauci in contempt of Congress after he invoked the Fifth Amendment 111 times during a hearing on the origins of COVID-19. ‘Outnumbered’ details HHS handing over work iPhone records and state subpoenas issued by officials in Florida, Alabama and Louisiana following the vote led by Senator Rand Paul.
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Dr. Anthony Fauci on Friday declined a request to voluntarily appear before a second Senate panel, opening another front in Republicans’ investigations into the former public health official’s handling of the COVID-19 pandemic.
An attorney for Fauci rejected the request from Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., chairman of the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, arguing that compelling Fauci to testify again after his contentious July 29 Senate hearing would “impermissibly harass or degrade Dr. Fauci for political purposes.”
Johnson has been conducting a parallel investigation into Fauci and the federal government’s response to COVID-19, including the safety and efficacy of COVID-19 vaccines.
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FILE – Former NIH Director Anthony Fauci is sworn in before testifying to Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee hearing on July 29, 2026 in Washington, DC.(Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
The refusal comes after Republicans on the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee voted along party lines last week to hold Fauci in contempt of Congress after he invoked his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination more than 100 times during the July hearing.
Committee chairman Rand Paul, R-Ky., has sought to send the contempt referral directly to the U.S. Attorney’s Office in the District of Columbia, bypassing a full Senate vote.
“It’s a good legal discussion, and we will make those legal points to DOJ in sending the referral over,” Paul told Fox News Digital ahead of last week’s contempt vote.
At issue is whether Fauci can invoke the Fifth Amendment after former President Joe Biden issued him a preemptive pardon before leaving office.
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FILE – Former NIH Director Anthony Fauci listens during a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee hearing on July 29, 2026, in Washington, D.C. Fauci declined to answer questions, asserting his Fifth Amendment right.(Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
Paul has argued that Biden’s pardon removed Fauci’s risk of federal prosecution and therefore undermined his basis for refusing to answer lawmakers’ questions. Fauci and his attorneys have disputed that position.
Paul has spent years investigating Fauci’s role in the government’s response to COVID-19 and has accused the former National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases director of funding “risky” research that led to an alleged lab leak of the COVID-19 virus in China. Paul has repeatedly called for Fauci to be prosecuted.
Johnson’s subcommittee has separately obtained records related to Fauci and the government’s pandemic response. Fox News Digital previously confirmed that the Department of Health and Human Services sent the subcommittee a copy of Fauci’s pandemic-era cellphone.
The broader Homeland Security panel also received more than 1,000 pages of Fauci’s personal diary before his July hearing.
FILE – Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., gestures while addressing Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison during a hearing on Capitol Hill on Thursday, Feb. 16, 2026. It is unclear if Johnson’s office will subpoena Fauci following the refusal.(CSPAN)
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Fox News Digital reached out to Johnson’s office to ask whether he intends to subpoena Fauci following the refusal. Fox News Digital also sought reaction from Paul’s office and asked Fauci attorney David Schertler whether Fauci would comply with a subpoena compelling his testimony.
Fox News Digital’s Alex Miller and Elizabeth Elkind contributed to this report.
Brittany Miller is a Fox News Digital breaking news writer and former Independent reporter who graduated from Syracuse University in 2023.
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