Robby Soave and Amber Duke talk about Fauci's appearance before Congress, where he pleaded the Fifth rather than address COVID's origin.
The former top US health official said he feared Republicans could try to trip him up and use his testimony to prosecute him for perjury.
‘refused to answer whether there’s a folder in front of him’
Dr. Anthony Fauci refused to answer simple questions — even on trivial matters — during a Senate hearing Wednesday. Republican Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul, the chair of…
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…
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.
Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) faced criticism Wednesday from Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) during a Senate Homeland Security Committee hearing, where Dr. Anthony Fauci invoked the Fifth Amendment and refused to answer questions. Paul, the committee chairman, called the hearing to question Fauci about the origins of COVID-19. When Fauci's attorney David Schertler…
The Senate panel chaired by Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) will hold a vote on holding Dr. Anthony Fauci in contempt for refusing to testify about his actions during the COVID-19 pandemic, an escalation in the long-running battle between the two men. Paul said he scheduled the vote in the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs…
Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) said he was surprised by Dr. Anthony Fauci invoking the Fifth Amendment during Wednesday’s hearing, despite a preemptive pardon from former President Biden. “Were you surprised that he decided now to take the Fifth, given you guys have had back-and-forths in testimony previously, and why do you think he did?” NewsNation’s…
