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CONFIRMEDThursday 06 August 2026

"The committee's release states 8-5; scmp.com reported 8-7"

Checked against Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee press release, 6 August 2026.

As published

10 pages captured at the time, in each outlet's own typography. Open one to read the copy held outside the publisher's control.

upi.com as published: Senate Republicans vote to hold Fauci in contempt of Congressupi.com2026-08-06 16:53:52abc.net.au as published: US Senate panel votes to hold Fauci in contempt over COVID hearingabc.net.au2026-08-06 16:53:52aljazeera.com as published: US Senate panel votes to hold former official Fauci in contempt of Congressaljazeera.com2026-08-06 16:53:52bbc.co.uk as published: US Senate committee votes to hold Fauci in contempt over Covid hearingbbc.co.uk2026-08-06 16:53:52cbsnews.com as published: Senate committee votes to hold Fauci in contempt of Congresscbsnews.com2026-08-06 16:53:52globalnews.ca as published: Fauci faces possible contempt charge after U.S. Senate committee voteglobalnews.ca2026-08-06 16:53:52npr.org as published: Senate Homeland Security committee votes to hold Fauci in contempt of Congressnpr.org2026-08-06 16:53:52rte.ie as published: US Senate committe votes to hold Fauci in contemptrte.ie2026-08-06 16:53:52scmp.com as published: US Senate panel votes to hold Fauci in contempt of Congressscmp.com2026-08-06 16:53:52theguardian.com as published: Senate committee says it has copy of Fauci’s phone as it weighs holding him in contempttheguardian.com2026-08-06 16:53:52

Attributed to no one

Quoted verbatim from each outlet's own page. This site records what was published and who it was attributed to. It does not assess whether the claim is true.

bbc.co.uk

  • In a statement following the vote, Fauci's lawyer called it a 'crude political stunt' being conducted to 'punish Dr Fauci for exercising his constitutional right'.

no speaker named anywhere in the article

theguardian.com

  • The Wall Street Journal reported that the copy was transferred by the US Department of Health and Human Services, led by Fauci critic Robert F Kennedy Jr.

named elsewhere in the same article: Fauci

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What this entry found

  • OUTLETS DISAGREE

    The vote count

    • aljazeera.com (8-5)
    • cbsnews.com (8-5)
    • scmp.com (8-7)
  • OUTLETS DISAGREE

    Whether Paul says Fauci can validly invoke the Fifth Amendment given the pardon

    • globalnews.ca (Paul said constitutional protection did not apply because of the pardon)
    • rte.ie (Paul said Fauci had no valid Fifth Amendment claim because the pardon nullified…
  • ONE SOURCE, MANY MASTHEADS

    11 outlets carried this. They resolve to 10 independent sources.

    A reader sampling these outlets received 10 accounts, not 11.

  • ONLY ONE OUTLET HAD THIS

    rte.ie carried 6 details no other outlet reported.

    • The pandemic killed more than 1.1 million Americans
    • Fauci led the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases for 38 years
    • Former President Joe Biden preemptively pardoned Fauci in January 2025
    • The pardon does not cover subsequent conduct
    • Paul said Fauci had no valid Fifth Amendment claim because the pardon nullified it and because Fauci waived any remaining protection by testifying
    • Vaccines were shown to be overwhelmingly safe and highly effective at preventing serious illness
11outlets→10independent
What happened, for context

A US Senate committee voted along party lines on Thursday to hold Dr. Anthony Fauci in contempt of Congress after he invoked his Fifth Amendment right and refused to answer questions at a hearing about his handling of the COVID-19 pandemic. The committee voted to refer the matter to the Justice Department for potential prosecution. Fauci cited concerns about Republican threats of prosecution and said the hearing was designed to entrap him.

Who reported it

  • upi.comWIRE
  • abc.net.auPUBLIC
    • aljazeera.comINDEP
    • globalnews.caINDEP
    • scmp.comINDEP
    one owner · DMGT (Daily Mail)
  • bbc.co.ukPUBLIC
  • cbc.caPUBLIC
  • cbsnews.comINDEP
  • npr.orgPUBLIC
  • rte.iePUBLIC
    • scmp.comINDEP
    • theguardian.comINDEP
    identical copy

References

Carried by multiple outlets

  • The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee voted to hold Dr. Anthony Fauci in contempt of Congress on Thursdayupi.com, abc.net.au, aljazeera.com, bbc.co.uk, cbc.ca, cbsnews.com, globalnews.ca, npr.org, rte.ie, scmp.com
  • The vote was along party linesaljazeera.com, bbc.co.uk, cbsnews.com, globalnews.ca, scmp.com
  • The vote was 8-5aljazeera.com, cbsnews.com
  • Fauci invoked his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination more than 100 times during last week's hearingabc.net.au, bbc.co.uk, cbc.ca, globalnews.ca, rte.ie, scmp.com
  • The hearing concerned Fauci's handling of the COVID-19 pandemicabc.net.au, aljazeera.com, bbc.co.uk, cbc.ca, globalnews.ca, rte.ie, scmp.com
  • Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., is the Republican committee chairmanupi.com, cbsnews.com, globalnews.ca, npr.org, scmp.com
  • and 9 more, not shown

Reported by one outlet only

  • The vote was 8-7 (one source reports this vote count)only scmp.com
  • Paul told CBS News that he intends to send the contempt resolution directly to the Justice Department as a referral rather than to a Senate floor voteonly cbsnews.com
  • Paul said 'Dr. Fauci faced no risk of federal prosecution. All he had to do was tell the truth.'only globalnews.ca
  • Democrats introduced five motions to postpone the vote, all of which failed along party linesonly scmp.com
  • Senator Ron Johnson of Wisconsin, chair of the Senate homeland security permanent subcommittee on investigations, said he obtained a backup copy of Fauci's iPhoneonly theguardian.com
  • The phone copy was transferred by the US Department of Health and Human Services, led by Robert F. Kennedy Jr.only theguardian.com

Reported unevenly

  • The vote countstated by aljazeera.com (8-5), cbsnews.com (8-5), scmp.com (8-7) · absent from upi.com, abc.net.au, bbc.co.uk, cbc.ca, globalnews.ca, npr.org, rte.ie, theguardian.com
  • Whether Paul says Fauci can validly invoke the Fifth Amendment given the pardonstated by globalnews.ca (Paul said constitutional protection did not apply because of the pardon), rte.ie (Paul said Fauci had no valid Fifth Amendment claim because the pardon nullified it)

Not yet confirmed against a primary source

  • Confirm the actual vote count (8-5 versus 8-7) by reviewing official Senate records, as outlets disagree on this factual matter.

What was checked, and against what

1 of 1 confirmed against a primary source. Every document is linked so you can read the same record we did. Anything not confirmed is listed as such rather than left out.