Key Takeaways
- The committee rejected 8-7 the resolution directing Senate Legal Counsel to seek immunity for Anthony Fauci's former assistant, falling short of required ten votes.
- Rand Paul said Anthony Fauci's former special assistant took the oath last week and invoked the Fifth Amendment to refuse answering every committee question.
- Margaret Wood Hassan told Rand Paul the immunity push was rushed, urging bipartisan negotiation with the witness's attorney before compelling testimony.
- Republicans argued immunity protects the witness and reveals records destruction, while Democrats called the move rushed and voted unanimously against it.
- Rand Paul said he will refer the matter to the Justice Department and continue examining the assistant's recent emails for ongoing records destruction.
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