Fauci's HHS iPhone turned over to Senate investigators as contempt vote looms

Fox News Digital has confirmed that a key investigative panel in the Senate has obtained a copy of Dr.Anthony Fauci’s pandemic-era cellphone.The cellphone was transferred from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to the Senate Homeland Security Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, chaired by Sen.

Ron Johnson, R-Wis.A spokesperson for the senator told Fox News Digital that the subcommittee "obtained a copy of Dr.Fauci’s iPhone that was used during his time at HHS."Whether the panel has access to the phone remains unclear.RAND PAUL SEEKS CONTEMPT CHARGES AFTER FAUCI INVOKES FIFTH AMENDMENT MORE THAN 100 TIMESAnthony Fauci, the former Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and medical advisor to several U.S.

presidents, testifies under subpoena about his role in the national response to the COVID-19 pandemic, at a U.S.Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee hearing, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., U.S., July 29, 2026.

(REUTERS/Nathan Howard)The committee’s procurement of the phone, first reported by the Wall Street Journal, comes as the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee readies to decide whether to hold Fauci in contempt of Congress.It also follows the HHS' move to dump over 1,000 pages of Fauci's personal diary to the panel just days before the blockbuster hearing.The hearing, slated for Thursday morning, comes after the panel’s chair, Sen.

Rand Paul, R-Ky., subpoenaed Fauci to testify on his alleged role in funding "risky" gain-of-function research in Wuhan, China, where the COVID-19 virus originated.Last week’s testimony was meant to serve as the climatic duel between Fauci and Paul, who has demanded that Fauci be thrown into prison for his role in the nation’s pandemic policy and alleged lies to Congress.But, it didn’t turn out that way.TOP 5 MOMENTS FROM FAUCI'S HEARING: PAUL BOOTS LAWYER, MORENO ERUPTS AS CONTEMPT VOTE LOOMSFauci, on advice from h...