Senate committee says it has copy of Fauci’s phone as it weighs holding him in contempt
Veteran US health official invoked fifth amendment right amid hostile questioning from Republicans last week
TL;DR
- A US Senate committee has obtained a backup copy of Anthony Fauci's iPhone.
- The phone was used by Fauci during his time as director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.
- Senators Ron Johnson and Rand Paul are seeking answers regarding pandemic measures and the origins of COVID-19.
- Fauci invoked his Fifth Amendment right multiple times during a recent hearing.
- Excerpts from Fauci's journals showed his negative opinions of former President Donald Trump during the pandemic.
- The "lab leak" theory regarding the origin of COVID-19 from the Wuhan Institute of Virology is a focus of the inquiry.