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The Scariest Part of the Senate’s COVID Hearing Had Nothing to Do With Anthony Fauci
A spicy clash made headlines, but something more sinister is happening here.
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Birx says ‘persistent anger’ over COVID response evident after Fauci hearing: coverage across Left, Center, and Right
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Deborah Birx, the former coordinator of the White House Coronavirus Task Force, said there is still “persistent anger” about the government’s COVID-19 response following former chief White House medical adviser Anthony Fauci’s Senate hearing Wednesday. Birx, in an interview on CBS News’s “The Takeout,” said the hearing showed frustration from Americans over “questions not being…
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Fauci pleads fifth during Covid hearing
Dr. Anthony Fauci declined to answer lawmaker questions as he was grilled over his actions during the pandemic. NBC News’ Monica Alba reports.
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Rattled Rand Paul makes moves to potentially jail Fauci after heated Senate hearing
A visibly rattled Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) announced Wednesday he had scheduled a vote that could see senators hold Anthony Fauci in contempt of Congress, a citation that, if referred to and acted on by the Justice Department, could carry criminal penalties of up to a year's imprisonment and up to $100,000 in fines.The former director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Fauci was compelled to appear before the Senate Homeland Security Committee Wednesday to testify on his handling of the COVID-19 pandemic. During the roughly three-hour hearing, Fauci repeatedly invoked his Fifth Amendment right to remain silent.Near the end of the hearing, Paul, the chair of the committee, acknowledged that Fauci had received a pardon from former President Joe Biden for conduct between Jan. 1, 2014 and Jan. 19, 2025. Given that Republican senators had also pressed Fauci on his conduct after Jan. 19, 2025, Paul, as the hearing was coming to a close, said he found Fauci's claimed privilege unfounded and explicitly ordered him to answer questions.Again, Fauci pleaded the Fifth.“Because you refuse to answer, citing a privilege that is unsupported because of your pardon, this committee has scheduled a vote next week on a resolution certifying your contempt,” Paul said.Fauci has come under renewed scrutiny in recent days following the publication of thousands of pages from his personal diary, details of which were repeatedly seized on by Republican senators during the hearing.Sen. @RandPaul calls to schedule a vote on a resolution to certify Anthony Fauci's contempt of Congress after the former health official pleaded the Fifth throughout his testimony pic.twitter.com/rIQWFc9rMN— Alexander Willis (@ReporterWillis) July 29, 2026
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Fauci Pleads the Fifth at Senate Hearing on COVID, Escalating Long-Running Clash With Republicans
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.
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Fauci to face Republican questions over Covid pandemic origins – US politics live
Veteran medical adviser likely to face questions over disputed ‘lab leak’ theory in investigation seen by scientists as ‘vilification and harassment’ of 85-year-oldSign up for US Breaking News emailFormer president Joe Biden’s presidential pardon does not cover Anthony Fauci’s awaited hearing at Capitol Hill, the House Oversight Committee chairman has said.Republican James Comer told Fox News Digital:Americans are still reaping the consequences of Dr Fauci’s actions.Biden’s pardon doesn’t cover Dr Fauci’s testimony this week and if he continues to lie, he must be held accountable. Continue reading...
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Birx says ‘persistent anger’ over COVID response evident after Fauci hearing
Deborah Birx, the former coordinator of the White House Coronavirus Task Force, said there is still “persistent anger” about the government’s COVID-19 response following former chief White House medical adviser Anthony Fauci’s Senate hearing Wednesday. Birx, in an interview on CBS News’s “The Takeout,” said the hearing showed frustration from Americans over “questions not being…
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Opinion | Anthony Fauci Unmasks Himself
His diaries make clear that he saw the pandemic less as a historic emergency than a media opportunity.
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After Fauci Senate hearing, experts worry about 'chilling effect' on public health
The accusations against Dr. Anthony Fauci, once the nation's leading infectious disease expert, have some experts worrying that these events may further erode public health staffing in the U.S.
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Birx on Fauci: Don't let political tactics obscure COVID message
Dr. Anthony Fauci, former medical advisor to the president, pleaded the Fifth more than 100 times during the hearing.
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Fauci to face contempt vote after refusing to answer Covid questions in Congress
Senator Rand Paul says: "I think there is a very real chance that he could be prosecuted for that."
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Birx says Fauci hearing shows there's still anger over handling of COVID
Dr. Deborah Birx offered "The Takeout" her takeaways on what the contentious Senate hearing with former colleague Dr. Anthony Fauci says about the nation's ability to move on from COVID.
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BACKFIRE: James Talarico’s Fauci Action Figure Tweet Resurfaces After Damning Fauci Senate Hearing – “Let’s Help by Getting Vaxxed and Boosted!”
An old tweet from Texas Senate Democratic Nominee James Talarico has come to light, where he idolized the mass murderer Dr. The post BACKFIRE: James Talarico’s Fauci Action Figure Tweet Resurfaces After Damning Fauci Senate Hearing – “Let’s Help by Getting Vaxxed and Boosted!” appeared first on The Gateway Pundit.
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Moreno unloads on Fauci after Senate hearing, calls him Democrats' 'hero' over pandemic policies
Sen. Bernie Moreno says Anthony Fauci is Democrats' "hero" who "treated us like lab rats" after Fauci invoked the Fifth Amendment during a Senate hearing on COVID-19 policies.
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Florida investigating Fauci for potential ‘physical and monetary harms’ to residents during COVID following Senate hearing: state AG
Uthmeier cited revelations from Rand Paul showing Fauci privately estimated a far lower COVID death rate than he testified.
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Senator escalates next move against Dr Anthony Fauci after explosive hearing
Dr. Anthony Fauci, the top federal government doctor during the COVID-19 pandemic, is being asked to appear before Congress again after his explosive hearing on Capitol Hill on Wednesday.
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What We Learned From the Theatrical Fauci Hearing
Senate hearings are always theatrical. Even still, Wednesday morning's Senate committee hearing to interrogate Dr. Anthony Fauci on, among other things, the origins of Covid-19 was a shocking performance: Dr. Fauci barely spoke, while everyone else spent some three hours projecting their emotions onto him.
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Florida AG launching probe of Fauci after king of COVID refuses to answer Senate questions
Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier said that his office will probe Dr. Anthony S. Fauci to get to the bottom of the retired health official’s role during […]
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Trump says he respects presidential pardon power in wake of Fauci hearing
President Donald Trump said he respects the pardon power, even if it is former President Joe Biden‘s preemptive pardon of Dr. Anthony Fauci. Trump’s admission came hours after Fauci, the former director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and Biden’s chief medical adviser, took the Fifth Amendment more than 100 times during […]
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Reactions pour in after Fauci pleads the 5th over 100 times
Days after Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) released more than 1,100 pages of Dr. Anthony Fauci's pandemic-era diary, Fauci — a man who apparently had plenty to say in private — had little to say to the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.On Wednesday, Fauci walked in and invoked the Fifth Amendment 111 times, according to Paul. When Fauci's attorney tried to jump in out of turn, security dragged him out, the room erupting in applause.'All he had to do today was tell the truth ... even if he admitted to destroying thousands of records, which we think happened, there's no penalty attached. It would just be the truth.'Democrats called it a "scapegoat" exercise and likened it to the McCarthy trials, but Republicans pressed anyway. Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) tested Fauci's newfound silence with trivia — asking Fauci innocuous questions about the day of the week and the color of a tie and some carpet.Fauci respectfully declined to answer each time, citing the Fifth Amendment of the Constitution.However, Hawley shot back: "You don't have any rights under the Fifth Amendment, because you've been pardoned." At the center of it all is Fauci's pardon from President Joe Biden. Some Republicans argue that the pardon is invalid outright, pointing to reports that it was executed by autopen rather than signed by hand.BlazeTV host Matt Kibbe argued that the plea itself proves the point: "For perhaps the first time in his life, Anthony Fauci didn't seem to bask in the flood of cameras and public attention. Pleading the Fifth, not allowed under the terms of his pardon, should trigger criminal contempt of Congress charges. And jail time." BlazeTV host Steve Deace went farther, arguing the fight isn't over even if the federal pardon holds: "There has to be consequences after this. ... There's no way that pardon is legitimate. And there has to be grounds for state Republican AGs to go after him even if it is. Because his pardon would not cover state offenses. And tyrannies and frauds were imposed at the state level." Deace's book on Fauci, "Faucian Bargain," digs into this argument further.RELATED: Fauci pleads the 5th, Paul removes his lawyer as hearing explodes Blaze podcast host Daniel Horowitz argued that the GOP is dodging the real story: "While Fauci's behavior is obviously criminal and contemptible, it is also very revealing how most Republicans are still obfuscating the most important issue. Senator Ron Johnson continues to be the only Republican willing to discuss the dangers of the COVID vaccines and the questions it raises on the entire vaccine industry."After the hearing, Paul was asked whether Fauci had any right to plead the Fifth at all. He said it's likely headed to court: "This has probably never been tested legally. ... With the grant of immunity, do you still need Fifth Amendment protections, or do they apply?"He argued that Fauci risked nothing by simply telling the truth: "All he had to do today was tell the truth. ... Even if he admitted to destroying thousands of records, which we think happened, there's no penalty attached. It would just be the truth."RELATED: Puppy love: Diary exposes Fauci's crush on Julia Roberts On next steps, Paul confirmed that the contempt vote is moving forward, though prosecution isn't up to him: "All I can do is recommend prosecution. I can't initiate a prosecution."He closed by pointing to public sentiment: "I do know that a great number of the population feels that Anthony Fauci was dishonest because of what he was saying in private was different, or the opposite."Mike Davis, founder of the Article III Project, framed it as an inescapable trap: "He either has that Biden pardon, and he's not subject to criminal liability for truthfully testifying today, and he refused — he pled the Fifth, illegally. Therefore, Rand Paul should hold him in contempt of Congress. ... Alternatively, if he didn't take that pardon from Biden, he should face charges for his crimes against humanity."Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!
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‘Avoid culpability’: Watch Rand Paul clash with Dr. Anthony Fauci over COVID origins
'Either an extraordinary coincidence or a smoking gun'
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