Fauci Invokes Fifth Amendment Over 100 Times as Senate Panel Schedules Contempt Vote

The former NIH director refused to answer questions on pandemic origins during a three-hour hearing, triggering a committee vote next week on obstruction charges.

Dr. Anthony Fauci invoked his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination more than 100 times during a Senate hearing on July 29, refusing to answer questions from Republican senators regarding his management of the COVID-19 pandemic and the origins of the virus. The refusal was not selective but total, covering inquiries from Committee Chair Sen. Rand Paul across an approximately three-hour session that functioned less as a fact-finding inquiry and more as a procedural trigger for enforcement action [2]. The volume of invocations establishes a legal posture distinct from previous congressional appearances where the former National Institutes of Health director provided substantive, if contested, testimony.

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