- The Republican effort to hold Dr. Anthony Fauci in contempt of Congress has stalled due to concerns within the Trump administration about its legal validity.
- Senate Republicans voted to refer Fauci to the Justice Department after he repeatedly invoked his Fifth Amendment right during congressional testimony.
- Senator Rand Paul attempted to bypass a full Senate vote by asking Vice President JD Vance to directly certify the contempt referral.
- President Donald Trump expressed support for prosecuting Fauci, while Fauci accused Paul of an obvious obsession with prosecuting him.
- Republicans contend that President Joe Biden's preemptive pardon of Fauci removes his Fifth Amendment protection against testifying before Congress.
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