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Contempt of Congress means a witness refused a congressional subpoena, either by declining to testify or by withholding documents lawmakers demanded.
The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee voted 8-5, along party lines, to hold Dr. Anthony Fauci in contempt after he repeated a 21-word Fifth Amendment refusal 111 times at a single hearing.
That referral now sits before a newly confirmed Attorney General, and the Fauci case is shaping up as an early measure of how the Justice Department handles politically sensitive contempt disputes.
How Fauci ended up in this position The committee issued a subpoena compelling Fauci's testimony. Republicans argued that because President Biden had already pardoned Fauci, Fifth Amendment protection no longer applied.
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