Six years after COVID-19 thrust the world into the fear and uncertainty of a global pandemic, Republicans in power aren't leaving it in the past. The efforts ramped up last week, when a Republican-led Senate committee chaired by Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul subpoenaed the now-retired, 85-year-old Fauci to testify about his handling of the COVID-19 pandemic. In response to his choice, on Thursday, the committee passed a vote to hold Fauci in contempt, a stunning move that could motivate the Justice Department to initiate an investigation. Many dismiss the idea that Republicans' COVID fact-finding is genuineAs Republicans hold up the Fauci hearing and contempt vote as important accountability, Democrats have called the process disingenuous. Paul also opted to refer the committee's contempt vote directly to the Justice Department, instead of to the full Senate, as often happens with contempt resolutions.