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- Jonathan Turley Warns Democrats Have ‘Grounds’ to ‘Challenge’ Dr. Fauci ...
Fox News legal analyst Jonathan Turley warned that Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) did something that could possibly open up “grounds” for Democrats to “challenge” Thursday’s contempt vote against Dr. Anthony Fauci. Turley joined Fox News’ Bill Hemmer and Aishah Hasnie on America’s Newsroom after the Senate Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs committee, led by Paul, votied to hold Fauci in contempt. Paul had warned the vote was coming last week after Fauci invoked the Fifth Amendment more than 100 times, refusing to answer questions about the Covid-19 pandemic and his leadership of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. Turley called the vote “very significant,” but warned Paul and Republicans opened up room for a “challenge” by referring the contempt recommendation straight to the Department of Justice, instead of going to a full vote in the Senate where it would need 60 votes to move forward. The legal analyst and law professor noted that the laws around these sorts of contempt charges and pardons are “murky” because cases have been “sparse.” A complication here, he added, is that Paul’s final question to Fauci was not related to the time covered by Fauci’s pardon by former President Joe Biden. Turley said: It’s very significant. This is not a small step for any committee in holding an official, particularly a high ranking official, in contempt. We have the added wrinkle that just occurred, where the committee will do a direct referral to the Department of Justice, rather than allow this to go to the floor, where it would face a filibuster and a higher requirement of 60 votes in order to be referred to DOJ. That’s going to add a complexity. That’s gonna add grounds for a challenge from the other side. The law behind this this controversy is rather murky. People may be surprised that the cases in this area are relatively sparse. And so what Fauci is saying is that I’m really not protected without the privilege because there may be questions in ongoing state investigations or new questions that would put me at risk. What the committee is saying is that you have this sweeping pardon going back to 2014. And Chairman Paul specifically framed his final set of questions as only addressing matters within the confines of that pardon. So that’s going to put into sharp relief for the court whether he truly has a… [TheTopNews] Read More.2 hours ago - China’s Unitree Prices IPO in Bet Investors Are Ready for Humanoid Robots
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Andre Lavoie joined SpaceX in 2009 as an engineer, now he's looking to cash in his shares in the company. [TheTopNews] Read More.2 hours ago - ‘This Is Real!’ CNN’s Elie Honig Warns Dr. Fauci Could Face Criminal Charg...CNN senior legal analyst Elie Honig warned Dr. Anthony Fauci could be facing some very heavy consequences soon after a Senate committee voted to hold him in contempt. Honig joined CNN’s John Berman, Sara Sidner, and Kate Bolduan as a Senate committee led by Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) voted on Thursday to hold Fauci in contempt after the former health official invoked the Fifth Amendment more than 100 times when appearing before the committee last week, refusing to answer questions about the Covid-19 pandemic. Honig argued Fauci had a “valid, legal right” to take the Fifth in front of the committee because his pardon from former President Joe Biden does not shield him from being prosecuted for “state crimes” and anything after January 2025. “That pardon only covers federal crimes. He could still be prosecuted for state crimes. We know there have been various state attorney general investigations of Dr. Fauci. He also could theoretically be charged for anything after the date of the pardon, after January 19, 2025. And on that basis, I believe Dr. Fauci does have a valid legal right to take the fifth,” he said. James Uthmeier, Florida’s attorney general, has already announced a Fauci subpoena. Sidner then asked about the legal power this contempt vote will actually hold going forward. Honig noted that normally the committee vote would go to a full Senate vote, but Paul does not believe he needs to do that. The legal analyst warned that these contempt votes can lead to real criminal charges, noting both Steve Bannon and Peter Navarro ended up spending months behind bars after being held in contempt of Congress for refusing to cooperate with an investigation into the January 6 Capitol riot. Honig said: Dr. Fauci has not been indicted right now. He’s not under any criminal charge for contempt, but what happens now is going to be the really important decision. It goes over to the Justice Department, specifically by law, the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro, who’s made a lot of news recently over the reflecting pool case. She, presumably along with the attorney general, will make a decision, do we bring a criminal contempt prosecution against Dr. Fauci? This has been done in different circumstances. But in recent memory, for example, Peter Navarro and Steve Bannon, both were prosecuted, they were indicted, they were tried, they were… [TheTopNews] Read More.2 hours ago
- Phillies Fan Who Won Chance to Call Game on the Radio Receives Widespread Praise...
Screenshot A Philadelphia Phillies fan won a contest to call a game on the radio Wednesday, and his surprising performance quickly went viral. The fan joined regular announcers Scott Franzke and Larry Andersen in the third inning of Wednesday’s game between the Phillies and the Washington Nationals. Identified as Lewis Kalb from Medford Lakes, New Jersey, the fan was given the unique opportunity after winning an auction. He wasted no time getting into the swing of things. “Thank you, Scott,” he said after being introduced. “It’s a thrill to be here. It’s a lifelong dream to be here in the Phillies broadcast booth, so here we go. Painter with the first pitch to Ortiz. It’s in there for strike one called. Phils with two in the bottom of the second to take the lead, as we start the top of the third now. Painter delivers. It’s bounced foul.” Phillies auction winner calls the 3rd inning on the radio… and did a pretty great job Top of the 3rd… pic.twitter.com/0rOkUQogDo — Nick Piccone (@_piccone) August 6, 2026 Listeners of the broadcast would not have been at fault for mistaking Kalb as a longtime broadcaster himself, as he appeared to seamlessly fit in the booth. The YouTube channel JaguarGator9, for example, said there was “no freaking way that was this guy’s first time doing this.” There is no freaking way that was this guy’s first time doing this Talk about making the most of your opportunity and seizing it https://t.co/G3NMhRtgiN — JaguarGator9 (@JaguarGator9NFL) August 6, 2026 The clip also got the attention of comedian Roy Wood, who joked that he would’ve unplugged Kalb’s microphone if he shared a booth with him to avoid getting his job taken. “Dude is too nice with it,” Wood said in a tweet. “Them other boys in the booth better than me. He is coming for their job. A real hater would have unplugged his mic.” Dude is too nice with it. Them other boys in the booth better than me. He is coming for their job. A real hater would have unplugged his mic. https://t.co/mmsUG14veQ — Roy Wood Jr- Ex Jedi (@roywoodjr) August 6, 2026 Bleacher Report writer Andy Bailey called the clip “incredible.” This is incredible. https://t.co/RRBpYLWVkT — Andy Bailey (@AndrewDBailey) August 6, 2026 Others in the industry agreed. This… [TheTopNews] Read More.3 hours ago - Senators Clash as Committee Holds Anthony Fauci in Contempt of Congress: ‘Donâ...Sparks flew between Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) and Sen. Gary Peters (D-MI) Thursday as Paul’s Senate committee voted along party lines to hold Dr. Anthony Fauci in contempt of Congress. Peters, the ranking member on the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs committee, repeatedly claimed there was a lack of transparency in the committee’s work ahead of Fauci’s explosive July 29 appearance on Capitol Hill and said Democrats had been shut out while trying to get documents. “We have been asking for information for quite some period of time over the past 18 months and at every turn, whether it’s the documents or trying to have the ability to question witnesses, we have been denied,” he said. Paul scoffed, insisting none of the Dems ever asked for access: GARY PETERS: Let’s continue to have the kind of bipartisan investigations that has made this committee a powerful committee over the years. Right now we’re ceding all that. We’re just making it highly partisan. And when you make it highly-partisan, people just ignore what you do. And that’s really tragic, I think, and it’s sad. So I would urge my colleagues to let us take a look at these documents. They’re on his private web or whatever he has set up for it. We’ll take a look at it. But we should get back to the practice where we actually have shared information. I know when Senator [Ron] Johnson was chair, we had shared information. I know he wanted shared information under Chairman Paul’s chairmanship as well. RAND PAUL: OK, we need to get to the motion. PETERS: So but I’m well, let me finish is that PAUL: I’ve let you go on and on, and we’re going to get to the votes. PETERS: Well I understand that but I didn’t don’t remember ever cutting you off when you were ranking member and I’ve always respected your rights and I have continued to respect your rights. I would just hope that you would offer that same courtesy to us because things do change and precedent is important and I would urge my colleagues to table this resolution till we have a chance to look at the rec, the information as has been the practice of this committee for as long as this committee has been in existence PAUL: For the record, Anthony Fauci refused a voluntary private deposition and that’s why… [TheTopNews] Read More.3 hours ago
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