Rand Paul seeks civil contempt charges after Fauci invokes Fifth Amendment more than 70 times
Rand Paul announced he will seek civil contempt charges after Anthony Fauci invoked his Fifth Amendment right over 70 times during the hearing.

Dr. Anthony Fauci chose to plead his Fifth Amendment right to remain silent during a highly anticipated hearing Wednesday on his role in COVID-19 pandemic policy before the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, which is chaired by Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY). Fauci said in his opening testimony that he was invoking his right…
Rand Paul announced he will seek civil contempt charges after Anthony Fauci invoked his Fifth Amendment right over 70 times during the hearing.
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…
Testimony came after the release of his private journals from during the Covid-19 pandemic.
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…
'Either an extraordinary coincidence or a smoking gun'
Sen. Rand Paul’s demand to have Dr. Anthony Fauci’s attorney forcibly removed from a Wednesday Senate hearing faced immediate blowback.The Kentucky Republican, chairing a US Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, grew visibly frustrated that Fauci, who led the COVID pandemic response under President Donald Trump, repeatedly pleaded…
The hearing escalates Fauci's long-running clash with Republicans as they seek to revisit the disputed origins of the coronavirus and the U.S. pandemic response.
During his opening statement, Dr. Anthony Fauci said he would invoke his Fifth Amendment right and will refrain from answering questions from Senators in their probe of his Covid pandemic response.
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".