Dr. Anthony Fauci invokes the Fifth Amendment and declines to answer questions during a Republican-led Senate hearing on the COVID-19 pandemic. Multiple outlets report that Fauci appears before senators to address issues related to the origins of COVID-19 and the U.S. government’s handling of the pandemic, but he refuses to provide testimony by citing the right against self-incrimination. NBC News and other reports say he specifically frames the decision as a precaution to avoid the risk that answers could be used in potential perjury-related proceedings. NBC News also adds that in prepared remarks Fauci criticizes Sen. Rand Paul’s comments, calling them “unhinged.” Other coverage similarly describes Fauci’s refusal at the start of the hearing and his reliance on the Fifth Amendment to avoid answering questions. Across sources, there is broad agreement on the central event: Fauci does not answer senators’ questions and formally invokes the Fifth Amendment during the proceeding.
Fauci invokes Fifth Amendment and declines to testify at Senate COVID-19 hearing
Dr. Anthony Fauci invokes the Fifth Amendment and declines to answer questions during a Republican-led Senate hearing on the COVID-19 pandemic. Multiple outlets report that Fauci appears before senato...
- Dr. Anthony Fauci invokes the Fifth Amendment during a Senate hearing on COVID-19.
- Fauci declines to answer questions from senators at the hearing.
- The hearing focuses on COVID-19 origins and the government’s pandemic handling.
- NBC News reports Fauci says he may be invoking the Fifth Amendment to avoid possible perjury-related risk.
- NBC News reports Fauci criticizes Sen. Rand Paul’s remarks during his prepared statement.
The former top US infectious disease expert invoked his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination on questions regarding the origins of COVID-19.
1 hour agoDr. Anthony Fauci on Wednesday invoked the Fifth Amendment and declined to answer questions from senators in a Republican-led committee hearing about his handling of the COVID-19 pandemic.
1 hour agoDr. Anthony Fauci, who helped lead the U.S. response during the COVID pandemic, invoked the Fifth Amendment before a Senate hearing on Wednesday.
1 hour agoDr. Anthony Fauci pleaded the Fifth Amendment at the start of his Wednesday hearing, ripping Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) for “unhinged” remarks and claiming the only purpose of the Homeland Security Committee’s investigation was to put him “behind bars.” “Given Senator Paul’s obvious obsession with calling for my prosecution, his repeated slanderous comments about me,...
1 hour agoAt a highly anticipated Senate hearing, Anthony Fauci evoked his Fifth Amendment right to refuse to answer questions about the Covid-19 pandemic and its origins.
1 hour agoDr. Anthony Fauci declined to answer senators’ questions at a hearing Wednesday on the origins of Covid and the government’s handling of the pandemic, saying in prepared remarks that he would invoke his 5th Amendment right not to testify to avoid the possibility that Republicans could try to use his testimony to prosecute him for perjury.
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