2026年8月6日 美国东部时间上午9:13 / 福克斯新闻
兰德·保罗的决议允许他跳过参议院全体投票，直接将藐视国会的移交请求提交给司法部
作者：亚历克斯·米勒、伊丽莎白·埃尔金德 福克斯新闻
肯塔基州联邦参议员、共和党人兰德·保罗认为，他已有足够票数以援引第五修正案为由，认定前总统首席医疗顾问安东尼·福奇博士藐视国会，并计划在投票成功后立即将其移交司法部。
NEW 您现在可以收听福克斯新闻的文章！
参议院共和党人推动认定安东尼·福奇博士藐视国会，旨在迫使这位美国前新冠疫情应对总设计师就疫情爆发前及疫情期间的行为公开作证。
参议院国土安全与政府事务委员会以严格的党派界限投票，指控这位前总统首席医疗顾问福奇藐视国会，原因是他出于担心自证其罪的顾虑，拒绝回答两党议员的提问。
此前，福奇在上周的听证会上超过100次援引第五修正案权利，这促使该委员会主席、肯塔基州联邦参议员兰德·保罗誓言，福奇将为不作证付出“代价”——至少按照保罗的设想是如此。
福奇的HHSiPhone手机在藐视国会投票临近之际移交参议院调查人员
前美国国立卫生研究院院长安东尼·福奇在2026年7月29日于华盛顿特区举行的参议院国土安全与政府事务委员会听证会上发言。福奇拒绝回答问题，援引了第五修正案权利。（安娜·莫尼梅克/盖蒂图片社）
通常情况下，一旦藐视国会决议在委员会获得通过，该决议将提交参议院全院进行投票。但保罗的这项决议允许跳过这一步骤，直接将移交请求发送给哥伦比亚特区联邦检察官。
但保罗希望司法部能尽快介入此事。此外，福奇获得前总统乔·拜登的赦免是否能在此次听证会上为他提供保护，这一问题有待解答，保罗希望能找到答案。
“这是一场精彩的法律辩论，我们在向司法部提交移交请求时会阐明这些法律观点，”保罗在听证会开始前告诉福克斯新闻数字频道。
兰德·保罗预测福奇藐视国会投票将通过，誓言迅速将其移交司法部
这是疫情爆发以来持续数年的保罗与福奇之间争执的又一章节。
保罗曾指控这位前美国国家过敏和传染病研究所（NIAID）所长资助了“高风险”研究，导致新冠病毒据称从中国实验室泄漏，并要求将福奇送入监狱。
而在这场争执背后，福奇疫情期间使用的手机副本现已落入参议院共和党调查人员手中。
福克斯新闻数字频道证实，由小罗伯特·F·肯尼迪领导的美国卫生与公众服务部（HHS）已将该手机的副本送交由威斯康星州联邦参议员罗恩·约翰逊担任主席的参议院国土安全永久调查小组委员会。
福奇听证会五大关键时刻：保罗驱逐律师， Moreno怒斥 藐视国会投票临近
肯塔基州联邦参议员、参议院国土安全与政府事务委员会主席兰德·保罗在2026年7月29日周三于华盛顿特区举行的听证会上发言。安东尼·福奇在参议院委员会就其在美国新冠疫情应对中所扮演角色的听证会上拒绝作证，援引了第五修正案权利。（阿尔·德拉戈/彭博社 via 盖蒂图片社）
该小组委员会隶属于保罗领导的国土安全委员会，该委员会在上周听证会前还收到了福奇的1000多页个人日记。
目前尚不清楚约翰逊和保罗是否能获取该手机中的信息。
与此同时，在国会大厦的大理石走廊另一端，众议院的共和党调查人员也在策划针对福奇的独立调查。
点击此处下载福克斯新闻APP
众议院监督委员会主席、肯塔基州共和党人詹姆斯·科默此前曾暗示，他对福奇的调查不会就此止步。
在这位长期任职的公共卫生官员在参议院听证会上援引第五修正案后，科默质疑拜登总统此前授予福奇的预防性赦免是否有效。他还表示，其所在委员会将进一步质询福奇，但未详述细节。
“如果前总统拜登通过自动签名机签发的全面赦免有效，那么福奇博士就无权拒绝回答问题，”科默说道，他指出其委员会已对自动签名机赦免问题进行了大量调查。“根据福奇博士日记的披露情况——这本该在上届国会期间就提交给众议院监督委员会……我们将询问福奇博士，他是否坚持此前向我们委员会提供的证词。”
亚历克斯·米勒是福克斯新闻数字频道记者，负责报道美国参议院相关事务。
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6402867025112
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6402909667112
Fauci held in contempt as COVID cellphone lands in hands of Senate investigators
August 6, 2026 9:13am EDT / Fox News
Rand Paul’s resolution allows him to skip a full Senate vote and send the referral directly to the Department of Justice
By Alex Miller , Elizabeth Elkind Fox News
Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., believes that he has the votes to hold former chief medical advisor to the president Dr. Anthony Fauci in contempt for invoking the Fifth Amendment, and he plans to immediately refer him to the DOJ if successful.
NEW You can now listen to Fox News articles!
Senate Republicans moved to hold Dr. Anthony Fauci in contempt of Congress in their pursuit of forcing the former architect of the nation’s COVID-19 response to go on record about his actions leading up to and during the pandemic.
The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee voted on sharp party lines to charge Fauci, the former chief medical advisor to the president, with contempt after he refused to answer questions from both sides of the aisle over fear of self-incrimination.
The move follows Fauci’s decision to invoke his Fifth Amendment rights more than 100 times during his hearing last week, which prompted the panel’s chair, Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., to vow that he would face “repercussions” for not testifying, or at least how Paul envisioned.
FAUCI’S HHS IPHONE TURNED OVER TO SENATE INVESTIGATORS AS CONTEMPT VOTE LOOMS
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)
Typically, once a contempt resolution passes by committee, it heads to the Senate floor for a full vote. However, Paul’s resolution allows that step to be skipped altogether and allows him to send the referral directly to the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia.
But Paul wants the Department of Justice (DOJ) involved as soon as possible. There’s also the question whether Fauci’s pardon from former President Joe Biden protected him during the hearing, which Paul hopes to find answers to.
“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 the hearing.
RAND PAUL PREDICTS FAUCI CONTEMPT VOTE WILL PASS, VOWS SWIFT DOJ REFERRAL
It’s another chapter in the feud between Paul and Fauci that has extended over the last several years since the onset of the pandemic.
Paul has accused the former National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) director of funding “risky” research that led to an alleged lab leak of the COVID-19 virus in China and has demanded that he end up behind bars.
And in the background, a copy of Fauci’s pandemic-era cellphone is now in the possession of Senate Republican investigators.
Fox News Digital confirmed that the Robert F. Kennedy Jr.-led Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) sent over a copy of the phone to the Senate Homeland Security Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations chaired by Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis.
TOP 5 MOMENTS FROM FAUCI’S HEARING: PAUL BOOTS LAWYER, MORENO ERUPTS AS CONTEMPT VOTE LOOMS
Senator Rand Paul, a Republican from Kentucky and chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, speaks during a hearing in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday, July 29, 2026. Anthony Fauci declined to testify in a Senate committee hearing on his role in the U.S. response to COVID-19, invoking his 5th Amendment rights.(Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
That committee falls under the umbrella of Paul’s Homeland Security panel, which also received a trove of over 1,000 pages of Fauci’s personal diary before last week’s hearing.
It is unclear if Johnson and Paul have access to the information on the phone.
Meanwhile, across the marble expanse of the Capitol, Republican investigators in the House are cooking up their own probe into Fauci.
CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE FOX NEWS APP
House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer, R-Ky., previously signaled that he was not done with Fauci, either.
After the longtime public health official pleaded the Fifth Amendment during his Senate hearing, Comer questioned the validity of his preemptive pardon granted by President Joe Biden. He also said his committee would be questioning Fauci further, though he did not elaborate.
“If former President Biden’s blanket autopen pardon is valid, then Dr. Fauci has no right to refuse to answer questions,” Comer said, noting his committee had done extensive work probing the autopen pardons. “Based on the release of Dr. Fauci’s diary, which should have been provided to the House Oversight Committee last Congress…we’ll be asking Dr. Fauci whether he stands by his previous testimony to our Committee.”
Alex Miller is a writer for Fox News Digital covering the U.S. Senate.
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6402867025112
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6402909667112
发表回复