US Senate committee votes to hold Fauci in contempt over Covid hearing

The lead

The committee will now refer him for possible prosecution for refusing to answer questions about his handling of the Covid-19 pandemic

What changes

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The setting

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Signal Ledger reads this through the lens of senate, committee, votes, hold, fauci: The committee will now refer him for possible prosecution for refusing to answer questions about his handling of the Covid-19 pandemic.