Senate committee says it has copy of Fauci’s phone as it weighs holding him in contempt

A U.S. Senate committee says it has obtained a backup copy of Anthony Fauci's iPhone as it weighs holding him in contempt of Congress. The veteran health official, who directed the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases through the Trump administration's COVID response, invoked his Fifth Amendment right last week during hostile questioning from Republicans, refusing to answer their questions, per The Guardian.

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