"He invoked the Fifth ... over 100 times during the hearing today," Dr. Celine Gounder told NewsNation.
Dr. Anthony Fauci invoked his Fifth Amendment right 106 times during a Senate hearing on the Covid pandemic response. NBC News' Julie Tsirkin reports on the questions Fauci was asked and his opening statement saying Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., has an "unhinged obsession" with him.
At a contentious hearing on Capitol Hill Wednesday, Dr. Anthony Fauci refused to answer repeated questions about his handling of the COVID-19 pandemic, invoking the Fifth Amendment more than 100 times. Now, Republicans are threatening to hold him in contempt of Congress. NBC’s Monica Alba reports for TODAY.
Fauci invoked his right not to respond to questions in his opening statement, citing Senator Rand Paul's "unhinged obsession" with trying to put him "behind bars".
Testimony came after the release of his private journals from during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Anthony Fauci, former chief White House medical adviser, invoked his Fifth Amendment right on Wednesday when he appeared before a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee hearing held by the committee’s chair, Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.). In his opening remarks, Fauci blasted Paul’s “obvious obsession with calling for my prosecution.” The two…
Rand Paul announced he will seek civil contempt charges after Anthony Fauci invoked his Fifth Amendment right over 70 times during the hearing.
Former White House Covid czar Anthony Fauci pleaded the Fifth Amendment during a Wednesday Senate hearing to avoid answering questions about his corrupt mishandling of the pandemic. The moment came days after the release of the former health official’s diaries, which documented his self-aggrandizing behavior, collusion with corporate media, and several…
Dr. Anthony Fauci, who led the nation's infectious disease efforts during the pandemic, invoked the Fifth Amendment on Wednesday and declined to answer questions from a Senate committee investigating the origins of COVID-19.Why it matters: Fauci said Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.), the head of the Senate homeland security committee, was trying to get him to say…
'All he had to do today was be honest. If he was honest even about committing a crime, he would have no jeopardy. There WILL be a vote next week on contempt'
