# On August 6, the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee voted 8-5 along party lines to pass Chairman Rand Paul's resolution to hold Anthony Fauci in contempt of Congress.

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## Receipts
- 2026-08-07T14:01:37.222Z: Senate Committee Refers Fauci for Contempt After Hearing Clash
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- 2026-08-07T14:13:30.000Z: This was the highest-engagement directly fetched X post located about the committee action, but no verbatim origin for the editorial headline was found.
- 2026-08-07T14:13:30.000Z: The committee majority published the August 6 release reporting the vote.
- 2026-08-07T14:13:30.000Z: On August 6, the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee voted 8-5 along party lines to pass Chairman Rand Paul's resolution to hold Anthony Fauci in contempt of Congress.
- 2026-08-07T14:13:30.000Z: Official committee release reports the 8-5 party-line vote and links the full resolution.
- 2026-08-07T14:13:30.000Z: The directly fetched August 6 X post says the Senate held Fauci in contempt and that Rand Paul sent a referral to DOJ.
- 2026-08-07T14:13:30.000Z: Ranking Member Gary Peters argued that the resolution lacked a sound legal basis, implicated Fifth Amendment protections, and required full-Senate authorization before a DOJ referral could speak for the Senate.
- 2026-08-07T14:13:30.000Z: The committee vote is officially documented, while the legal effect and any DOJ next step remain contested and no prosecution record was located.
- 2026-08-08T15:34:45.000Z: HSGAC majority release dated August 6, 2026 states Republicans voted 8-5 to pass Chairman Paul's resolution holding Dr. Anthony Fauci in contempt for refusing to answer questions under subpoena.
- 2026-08-08T15:34:45.000Z: The committee release documents an 8-5 committee advance of the contempt resolution and links the full resolution PDF; it does not document full-Senate action or DOJ charging.
- 2026-08-08T15:34:45.000Z: Full text of Chairman Paul's contempt resolution (ROM26376) was retrieved as a PDF from the Paul Senate site linked by the HSGAC release.
- 2026-08-08T15:34:45.000Z: Committee action and resolution text are documented; full hearing transcript, full-Senate action, DOJ docket/statement, and Fauci counsel response remain open evidence classes.