Senate Democrats: NO Immunity Deal Fauci Assistant
@HSGAC GOP argued the assistant took orders from Dr. Fauci to destroy governments records
Under 18 U.S.C. § 2071, destroying, concealing, or removing government records is a federal crime punishable by fines and up to three years in prison
@SenRandPaul said the assistant is a fact witness and securing legal protections would allow her to answer questions about her orders from Fauci
Fauci is the focus. Alleged he gave the order to destroy government records, not initiated by the long time assistant.
GOP needed two democrats to vote yes.
Democrats said the immunity deal needed more discussion, claimed they had insufficient notice.
All committee democrats voted no, only Senator
@SenatorHassan was present. The other committee democrats voted NO by proxy.
@berniemoreno said it should not be a partisan exercise. COVID was a crisis where civil rights were stripped.
"Democrats did not show up," adding only in politics people "refuse to do their jobs."
@SenRandPaul called the vote outcome "disappointing" but said it won't end there.
In his July Senate testimony before the same committee, Dr Fauci took the Fifth more than 110 times