Aug 7, 2026 · 1 hr 27 min · 10 segments
On today's episode, Andy & DJ discuss a Senate committee voting to hold Dr. Anthony Fauci in contempt after he refused to answer questions about COVID, new scrutiny surrounding the FBI's "clever" code…
Andy FrisellaHost
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Uh, first big headline.
Big talk of the town.
Um, so this just came out this morning.
All right? Um, Chairman Rand Paul out of Kentucky announced the eight to five committee vote on Thursday morning.
In an all-caps post, uh, Paul wrote, quote, "Passed by Republicans on behalf of the millions of Americans and their families still affected years after the COVID pandemic, the resolution to hold Anthony Fauci in contempt of Congress has passed out of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee by a vote of eight to five." Uh, Paul explained, prior to the vote, the lawmakers were voting on whether a witness, uh, who has received the benefit of a sweeping, uh, federal pardon, as we know he, uh, pled the Fifth 111 times during his, uh, his hearing, uh, can be ordered by this committee to answer the questions and then defy that order without any consequence.
Um, and so that happened.
Now, they have a very interesting str- strategy that they're rolling with this.
So they passed...
Uh, they, they, they did, you know, hold him in contempt.
And typically what would happen is that they send that to the full Senate body to then vote on it.
Um, but that's not what they're doing.
They're sending this straight to the DOJ.
Um, and this move is apparently pissing off some, some, uh, quite a few people.
But the, the key difference here is that with the plan to skip the Senate vote, uh, and to send it, a criminal referral straight to the Ju- Justice Department, Vice President JD Vance, the President of the Senate, would have to still certify the resolution, um, and refer it to the US Attorney for the District of Columbia.
Now, this could make it a lot easier to prosecute him, but the question comes down is would Vance do it at all? Um, I'm not sure.
I don't think he would.
Um, now, the reason I say I don't think he would is just I've never felt it.
I, I don't, I don't think that this is...
I don't think there's...
I don't want people to get their hopes up here.
You know what I'm saying? Like, don't get all fucking ce- like celebratory for it.
Right.
Guys, remember, if you would like to see any of these articles, pictures, links, videos, go to andyfrisella.com. You guys can check them all, link there.
Uh, first big headline.
Big talk of the town.
Um, so this just came out this morning.
All right? Um, Chairman Rand Paul out of Kentucky announced the eight to five committee vote on Thursday morning.
In an all-caps post, uh, Paul wrote, quote, "Passed by Republicans on behalf of the millions of Americans and their families still affected years after the COVID pandemic, the resolution to hold Anthony Fauci in contempt of Congress has passed out of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee by a vote of eight to five." Uh, Paul explained, prior to the vote, the lawmakers were voting on whether a witness, uh, who has received the benefit of a sweeping, uh, federal pardon, as we know he, uh, pled the Fifth 111 times during his, uh, his hearing, uh, can be ordered by this committee to answer the questions and then defy that order without any consequence.
Um, and so that happened.
Now, they have a very interesting str- strategy that they're rolling with this.
So they passed...
Uh, they, they, they did, you know, hold him in contempt.
And typically what would happen is that they send that to the full Senate body to then vote on it.
Um, but that's not what they're doing.
They're sending this straight to the DOJ.
Um, and this move is apparently pissing off some, some, uh, quite a few people.
But the, the key difference here is that with the plan to skip the Senate vote, uh, and to send it, a criminal referral straight to the Ju- Justice Department, Vice President JD Vance, the President of the Senate, would have to still certify the resolution, um, and refer it to the US Attorney for the District of Columbia.
Now, this could make it a lot easier to prosecute him, but the question comes down is would Vance do it at all? Um, I'm not sure.
I don't think he would.
Um, now, the reason I say I don't think he would is just I've never felt it.
I, I don't, I don't think that this is...
I don't think there's...
I don't want people to get their hopes up here.
You know what I'm saying? Like, don't get all fucking ce- like celebratory for it.
Right.
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