Scott supports congressional contempt vote for Fauci

(The Center Square) –The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee is scheduled to hold a vote Wednesday on whether to hold the former director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases in contempt of Congress.

Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., said Monday on social media he plans to hold Anthony Fauci accountable.

Fauci appeared before the committee last week where repeatedly exercised his Fifth Amendment rights instead of answering questions about his COVID-era journal entries.

His journal appeared to show discrepancies between what he thought privately and what he said publicly to guide the government’s response to the pandemic.

Scott, who sits on the committee, said afterward that Fauci was “focused on his personal fame” while people were dying.

“Dr. Fauci destroyed lives,” Scott said on X Monday. “Americans couldn’t say goodbye to their loved ones and lost all trust in public health because Anthony Fauci was focused on being famous. This week, we will vote to h...