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Una subcomisión del Senado obtiene el teléfono de Fauci antes de la votación por desacato

By CNN

Un portavoz del presidente de la comisión, el senador republicano Ron Johnson, informó a CNN el miércoles que una subcomisión del Senado que investiga al Dr. Anthony Fauci ha obtenido una copia de su iPhone.

El Departamento de Salud y Servicios Humanos proporcionó el teléfono a la comisión de Johnson, la Subcomisión Permanente de Investigaciones de la Comisión de Seguridad Nacional y Asuntos Gubernamentales del Senado, antes de una votación prevista para declarar al científico jubilado en desacato al Congreso por negarse a testificar en una audiencia la semana pasada.

El hecho de que Johnson posea una copia del teléfono —que Fauci utilizó durante su etapa como director del Instituto Nacional de Alergias y Enfermedades Infecciosas— podría impulsar los esfuerzos de los republicanos en el Congreso para investigar y, potencialmente, atacar a Fauci y sus acciones durante la pandemia de covid-19.

“Espero que este dispositivo responda a muchas de las preguntas que se negó a contestar en la audiencia de la semana pasada”, escribió Johnson en las redes sociales el miércoles por la noche.

CNN se ha puesto en contacto con un portavoz de Fauci para obtener comentarios.

El senador Rand Paul, quien preside la Comisión de Seguridad Nacional y Asuntos Gubernamentales del Senado y ha tenido numerosos enfrentamientos con Fauci, citó en junio al exdirector del NIAID, de 85 años, para que compareciera ante el Congreso.

La semana pasada, Fauci invocó su derecho constitucional a no autoincriminarse más de 100 veces a lo largo de la mediática y a menudo polémica audiencia que los republicanos esperaban que lo expusiera a acusaciones de perjurio, después de una investigación de años destinada a validar la creencia de Paul y otros republicanos de que Fauci orquestó un encubrimiento de los orígenes del coronavirus.

Los republicanos, frustrados, han intentado presentar la falta de cooperación de Fauci como una nueva prueba de culpabilidad, a pesar de no haber podido demostrarla. Para los demócratas, la audiencia representó tan solo el último episodio de un prolongado esfuerzo republicano por minimizar la gravedad de una pandemia que ha cobrado la vida de más de un millón de estadounidenses, muchos de ellos durante la presidencia de Donald Trump.

El Wall Street Journal fue el primero en informar sobre la obtención del teléfono de Fauci por parte de la comisión de Johnson.

La Comisión de Seguridad Nacional y Asuntos Gubernamentales del Senado votará el jueves por la mañana una resolución para declarar a Fauci en desacato al Congreso por invocar la Quinta Enmienda a lo largo de su testimonio.

Cuando se le preguntó a principios de esta semana si el panel contaría con los votos necesarios, Paul respondió: “Lo sabremos el jueves”.

Paul también dijo que la comisión enviaría inmediatamente los resultados al Departamento de Justicia, e insistió en que la comisión no necesita una votación en pleno del Senado para remitir a Fauci a cargos por desacato.

“Nosotros no nos encargamos de presentar cargos, lo hace el Departamento de Justicia. Si ganamos la votación del jueves, mi plan es enviarlo al Departamento de Justicia”, dijo.

Antes de la polémica comparecencia de Fauci en el Capitolio, la comisión de Paul publicó más de 1.100 páginas de su diario personal, correspondientes al período comprendido entre 2019 y 2022. El secretario de Salud y Servicios Humanos, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., declaró a Fox News que había entregado los archivos a Paul y Johnson tras encontrarlos en servidores gubernamentales después de una búsqueda de ocho meses.

Las entradas documentaban sus frecuentes apariciones en los medios de comunicación y su creciente fama, arrojando luz sobre sus interacciones con celebridades y decenas de miembros de los medios de comunicación, incluidos algunos periodistas de CNN.

Las entradas del diario también narran la creciente preocupación de Fauci por la covid-19, su frustración con la respuesta del Gobierno y sus relaciones conflictivas con funcionarios de las administraciones de Trump y Biden.

La presión ejercida por Paul y otros llevó al presidente Joe Biden a indultar preventivamente a Fauci durante sus últimos días en el cargo, protegiéndolo así de los cargos relacionados con cualquier comentario realizado en años anteriores.

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Sons of jailed Pakistani leader Imran Khan fear for his health

By CNN
London and Islamabad (CNN) — The sons of the imprisoned former leader of Pakistan Imran Khan say they fear for their father’s health, claiming authorities in the South Asian country are preventing them from seeing him.On the third anniversary of their father’s arrest, Kasim and Sulaiman Isa Khan said they had “no updates because his family, doctors (and) lawyers haven’t been allowed to see him for seven months.”Thousands of workers from Khan’s Tehreek-e-Insaf party took to the streets in rallies across the country on Wednesday to demand the release of the former star cricketer-turned-politician and his wife Bushra Bibi.Khan, who led the country from 2018 until his ouster in a parliamentary no-confidence vote in 2022, has been in prison since his conviction a year later on charges including corruption and revealing state secrets – charges he and his supporters say are a politically motivated response to his opposition to the current government of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif.Following his ouster, Khan had led large rallies against Sharif’s government, which he accused of orchestrating his downfall in collusion with the military and the United States (a claim denied by both the military and the US). Sharif’s government responded with a crackdown on Khan’s party, arresting its leaders and banning it from contesting the 2024 general election.Kasim and Sulaiman spoke to CNN from London, where they have lived since the collapse of the marriage between Khan and his first wife – their mother, Jemima Goldsmith – in 2004.From the UK they have been speaking out against their father’s incarceration, and claim that each time they speak to the media Pakistani authorities make it harder for them to see him, by delaying their visas or bogging them down with other administrative issues.“We’re trying, we’d like to go, but nothing’s coming through,” Kasim said. “There’s no reason we shouldn’t be accepted for a visa.”Pakistan’s Ministry of Information told CNN that Kasim and Sulaiman both hold National Identity Cards for Overseas Pakistanis – a document that should mean they do not need visas to enter the country – and that their claims were therefore “misleading and appear to convert an administrative process into an issue of political point-scoring.”However, Kasim and Sulaiman said their cards have expired and not been renewed – a claim the ministry did not address.Amnesty International released a statement this week urging Pakistani authorities to “unconditionally restore Imran Khan and Bushra Bibi Khan’s right to see their family and lawyers.” The human rights group said the pair “must be given access to adequate medical care and their solitary confinement, which is unlawful, should end immediately.”An ‘exclusive seven-cell compound’In a statement released to CNN, the government of Pakistan said that it “categorically rejects the claim that Mr. Imran Khan Niazi has been kept under a seven-month communications blackout or denied access to his family, lawyers and doctors,” insisting that “evidence shows repeated and substantial access (to the prisoner).”It claimed that Khan’s most recent call to his son was on March 21, 2026, and said this showed “access (to him) has not been abolished” but “regulated under the Pakistan Prison Rules, applicable court orders, approved schedules and the security requirements governing a high-profile prisoner.”It described Khan’s condition as “oriented and stable” without “any acute or unmanaged deterioration” and said he “continues to receive treatment, medication and follow-up care in accordance with medical advice, applicable prison rules and court directions.”It also described Khan’s living conditions, saying the former prime minister was housed in “an exclusive seven-cell compound designed for approximately 30 to 35 prisoners. The facility includes a 57 x 14 foot corridor and a 35 x 37 foot lawn, together with a bed, mattress, four pillows, blankets, table, chair, sanitation facilities and exercise equipment,” arrangements which “bear no resemblance to the picture of isolation, neglect or punitive deprivation being presented publicly.”Still, the government’s statement seems unlikely to satisfy human rights agencies such as Amnesty International, which has described the mass arrests of key members of his party and supporters as “arbitrary.”Many of those arrested “remain detained under anti-terrorism charges while 85 have been convicted by military courts,” Kasim pointed out.Asked if there was a chance their father could reach a deal with the government, the sons thought it unlikely.Sulaiman said his father “wouldn’t (reach a deal that left) the other political prisoners in there … unless they were able to get some kind of resolution as well.”Kasim also thought it unlikely, though he added it was “hard to say.”“They’re refusing to show us any kind of health report. So his health may have deteriorated significantly since then,” Kasim said.He added that he wanted to send a message that “anyone with power” should take notice of what’s happening in Pakistan.“I know there’s a lot going on, but this is one of the most frustrating things. Not as sons, but for a whole country, for 350 million people who have voted for him, who support him, all want him to, you know, lead the country. Instead, they’re being shunned and instead the person they want in power is … behind bars for no good reason.”The-CNN-Wire™ & © 2026 Cable News Network, Inc., a Warner Bros. Discovery Company. All rights reserved.
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