Fauci invokes the Fifth over 100 times as Senate GOP moves toward contempt vote
NDTV—Anthony Fauci invoked the Fifth Amendment over 100 times before the Senate Homeland Security Committee, prompting Republicans to move toward a contempt-of-Congress vote over his refusal to discuss COVID-19's origins. The fight now turns on a novel legal theory: the committee chairman wants a court to rule whether Fauci's pre-emptive pardon from Biden voids his ability to claim the Fifth at all. Sen. Rand Paul led the questioning that triggered the standoff. Separately, Sen. Cornyn wants written assurance the DOJ won't create a $1.8 billion 'anti-weaponization' fund, a parallel dispute Grassley hasn't confirmed will reach a Thursday vote.
- NDTV — Anthony Fauci repeatedly declines to answer over 100 questions at Senate hearing
- Hindustan Times — Fauci invokes the Fifth Amendment, declines to testify in GOP-led Senate panel's COVID-19 hearing
- The Australian — Fauci Repeatedly Invokes Fifth Amendment at Senate Hearing
- The Australian — Key Moments From Fauci’s Senate Hearing
- The Hill — Paul says he's personally surprised Fauci pleaded the Fifth, given the pardon
- HuffPost — Politics — Anthony Fauci Pleads Fifth, Declines To Answer Rand Paul's Questions In COVID-19 Hearing
- Fox News — Politics — WATCH: Fetterman reveals his ‘one regret’ from COVID era after Fauci testimony
- NPR — Politics — Fauci invokes Fifth Amendment protection at contentious Senate hearing
- NPR — Politics — Sen. Richard Blumenthal talks about Anthony Fauci's contentious Senate hearing
- CBS News — Politics — Sen. Paul: "Very real chance" Fauci could be prosecuted after Senate hearing
- CBS News — pressed Fauci specifically on his 'unlimited presidential pardon' before the contempt vote was scheduled
- NBC News — Politics — Anthony Fauci Invokes Fifth Amendment at Heated Senate Hearing
- Guardian — Science — Anthony Fauci’s high-profile Senate hearing: what we learned
- Straight Arrow News — Fauci invoked the Fifth. Republicans aren’t letting it end there
- Esquire — Anthony Fauci’s Senate Hearing Was Certifiably Absurd—Just Not for the Reasons We Expected
- The New Republic — He'd advised 7 presidents on HIV/AIDS, ebola, flu, Zika and COVID over 38 years … Paul posted pink-pen-annotated pages of Fauci's diary online over the weekend
- Daily Mail — Fauci pleads the FIFTH more than 100 times in fiery COVID grilling as he erupts over Republicans' 'obsession' with him
- Slate — The Senate Got Spicy Today, Courtesy of Anthony Fauci and Rand Paul
- RealClearPolitics — opinion take: Fauci's own record convicts him regardless of the Fifth Amendment plea
- The Free Press — Pleading the Fifth Won’t Spare Fauci from the Truth
- South China Morning Post — explainer angle: historical background on 'pleading the Fifth' in US law
- The Hill — Cornyn wants written DOJ assurance against a $1.8bn 'anti-weaponization' fund … Grassley hasn't confirmed Thursday's vote
- Daily Caller — Is Fauci Out Of Woods After Pleading Fifth?
- PBS NewsHour — Fauci invokes 5th Amendment right during GOP-led hearing on COVID origins
- PBS NewsHour — WATCH: Fauci invokes 5th Amendment in GOP-led hearing about COVID-19 origins
- Axios — Republican senators threaten contempt charge against Fauci for invoking Fifth
- USA Today — Fauci under fire as he pleads Fifth: Top takeaways from scathing hearing
- ABC News — Republican senators vow contempt vote against Fauci over COVID origins
- Reuters — Fauci invokes Fifth Amendment at Rand Paul-led US Senate COVID hearing
- NBC News — Fauci testifies before the Senate on the Covid pandemic
- NBC News — both parties used the silence to push their own dueling narratives about what it meant
- Associated Press — Fauci repeatedly invokes the Fifth Amendment in a contentious Senate committee hearing
- CBS News — Dr. Fauci invokes the Fifth Amendment at Senate hearing on COVID pandemic