Dr. Anthony Fauci invoked his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination more than 100 times on Wednesday, a move legal experts described as strategically sound despite the politically damaging optics. Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY), chairman of the Senate homeland security and governmental affairs committee, scheduled an Aug. 5 vote on a resolution to hold…
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…
Sen. Rand Paul plans a contempt vote after Anthony Fauci invoked the Fifth Amendment more than 100 times, raising novel questions about presidential pardons.
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…
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.
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.
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…
"He invoked the Fifth ... over 100 times during the hearing today," Dr. Celine Gounder told NewsNation.
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".
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.
