Anthony Fauci refuses to testify at Covid hearing, calls Sen. Rand Paul ‘unhinged’
Source: NBC News Politics · Bias: Center Left
Summary
Dr. Anthony Fauci declined to answer senators’ questions at a hearing Wednesday on the origins of Covid and the government’s handling of the pandemic, saying in prepared remarks that he would invoke his 5th Amendment right not to testify to avoid the possibility that Republicans could try to use his testimony to prosecute him for perjury.
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