Senate Homeland Security Committee votes on Fauci contempt resolutionSenator Rand Paul’s (R-KY) contempt resolution against Dr. Anthony Fauci passed in the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, chaired by Paul.Democrats on the Committee attempted to table the resolution ahead of today’s vote, but their efforts were blocked by the Republican majority.The resolution ultimately passed along party lines by a vote of 8-5.WATCH:!function(r,u,m,b,l,e){r._Rumble=b,r[b]||(r[b]=function(){(r[b]._=r[b]._||[]).push(arguments);if(r[b]._.length==1){l=u.createElement(m),e=u.getElementsByTagName(m)[0],l.async=1,l.src="https://rumble.com/embedJS/u2vbt6g"+(arguments[1].video?'.'+arguments[1].video:'')+"/?url="+encodeURIComponent(location.href)+"&args="+encodeURIComponent(JSON.stringify([].slice.apply(arguments))),e.parentNode.insertBefore(l,e)}})}(window, document, "script", "Rumble");Rumble("play", {"video":"v7bmema","div":"rumble_v7bmema"});Paul discussed the upcoming vote in an appearance on Newsmax on Wednesday, where he announced plans to send the resolution to the Department of Justice “immediately.”“There is some legal discussion and case work and precedent on this, and so we will put this forward, we will make our arguments,” he said.“If it passes out of committee tomorrow, which I hope it will, I will immediately send it to the Department of Justice and ask them to continue proceedings to come down with an indictment.”WATCH:!function(r,u,m,b,l,e){r._Rumble=b,r[b]||(r[b]=function(){(r[b]._=r[b]._||[]).push(arguments);if(r[b]._.length==1){l=u.createElement(m),e=u.getElementsByTagName(m)[0],l.async=1,l.src="https://rumble.com/embedJS/u2vbt6g"+(arguments[1].video?'.'+arguments[1].video:'')+"/?url="+encodeURIComponent(location.href)+"&args="+encodeURIComponent(JSON.stringify([].slice.apply(arguments))),e.parentNode.insertBefore(l,e)}})}(window, document, "script", "Rumble");Rumble("play", {"video":"v7blsn8","div":"rumble_v7blsn8"});“There is not a lot of precedent for a lot of this, but it isn’t law so there isn’t any exact procedure that it has to follow,” Paul previously told CNN. “It’s a referral, it’s a recommendation.”Rand Paul made an X post in all capital letters following the vote.PASSED BY REPUBLICANS ON BEHALF OF THE MILLIONS OF AMERICANS AND THEIR FAMILIES STILL AFFECTED YEARS AFTER THE COVID PANDEMIC, THE RESOLUTION TO HOLD ANTHONY FAUCI IN CONTEMPT OF CONGRESS HAS PASSED OUT OF THE SENATE HOMELAND SECURITY AND GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE BY A VOTE OF 8-5.PASSED BY REPUBLICANS ON BEHALF OF THE MILLIONS OF AMERICANS AND THEIR FAMILIES STILL AFFECTED YEARS AFTER THE COVID PANDEMIC, THE RESOLUTION TO HOLD ANTHONY FAUCI IN CONTEMPT OF CONGRESS HAS PASSED OUT OF THE SENATE HOMELAND SECURITY AND GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE BY A VOTE… https://t.co/9wgO1KeMd2— Senator Rand Paul (@SenRandPaul) August 6, 2026Vice President JD Vance will now have to sign off on the committee’s decision to bypass a full Senate vote and send a referral to the DOJ.As The Gateway Pundit reported, news broke on Wednesday that the Senate committee obtained a copy of Fauci’s pandemic-era iPhone, giving them access to even more evidence of Fauci’s many lies and potentially answers to questions he refused to answer before the committee.MORE:JUST IN: Senator Ron Johnson Says He Obtained Fauci’s COVID-Era iPhone from HHS Ahead of Contempt Vote/*! This file is auto-generated */!function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i