Post #4461480

2026-08-06 14:55 UTC

For a #contempt resolution to carry the force of #Congress, the full #Senate must adopt it; in that case, it would be sent to the #USattorney in Washington, DC [ #JeaninePirro ], who could then present a case to a grand jury. But contempt resolutions require a 60-vote majority, & with 53 #Republicans in the Senate, adoption is highly unlikely. #scapegoat #law #PublicHealth #PublicDisservice #science #medicine #Trump

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@Nonilex@masto.ai 2026-08-07 15:30

#Republican US Senator #RandPaul formally asked the #DOJ to prosecute Dr. #Fauci after a committee contempt vote along party lines, bypassing the necessary full #Senate vote. Paul sent the referral, a formal request to consider #criminal charges, after the contempt finding. But the Kentucky senator, a longtime Fauci antagonist, bypassed a referral vote by the full Senate. #law #Congress #scapegoat #PublicHealth #science #medicine #Trump https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/us-senate-panel-votes-hold-fauci-contempt-congress-2026-08-06/

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@n1xnx@tilde.zone 2026-08-06 15:16

@Nonilex@masto.ai Thanks for that clarification. So this is all just more theater-of-idiots. Even if it were to make it to a grand jury, I doubt they'd secure an indictment.

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@paul_ipv6@infosec.exchange 2026-08-06 16:15

@Nonilex@masto.ai if this fizzles, they will find other stupid distractions and conspiracy red meat so their idiot followers don't ask about iran, gas prices, food prices, epstein, etc. the fact that they can completely ignore all the damage to our public health institutions and the likelihood of making future pandemics vastly more deadly for no reason just proves how amoral, evil, and blindly loyal they are. i sure hope we get to a place where being a "proud member of the GOP" becomes like being a member of the nazi party in germany or the RNG in iraq. purged, prosecuted, reviled.

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