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Can Fauci hide behind the Fifth? Game-changing Biden pardon may not provide complete cover, experts say

Jul 29, 2026Right

Sen. Rand Paul plans a contempt vote after Anthony Fauci invoked the Fifth Amendment more than 100 times, raising novel questions about presidential pardons.

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Fauci’s Fifth Amendment answers may test Biden pardon as GOP eyes contempt

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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…

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Trump says he ‘respects’ Biden’s pardon of Fauci

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Trump says he ‘respects’ Biden’s pardon of Fauci

President Trump said Wednesday he respects former President Biden’s pardon of Dr. Anthony Fauci, after the retired health official invoked the Fifth Amendment more than 100 times during a Senate hearing on the COVID-19 pandemic. “The most powerful thing a president has, they say, is the power of pardon,” Trump told reporters in the Oval…

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