Fauci Cites Fifth Amendment During Heated Senate Hearing

Former top U.S. infectious disease official Dr. Anthony Fauci invoked his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination during a Senate Homeland Security Committee hearing on Wednesday, declining to answer questions from Chairman Sen. Rand Paul, according to CBS News.

The report said Fauci appeared under subpoena just days after Paul's office released personal diary entries written during the Trump and Biden administrations' response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

According to CBS News, Fauci said the public release of his unredacted diary was intended to intimidate and embarrass him. Acting on advice from his attorneys, he said he would invoke his constitutional rights rather than respond to the committee's questions.

The report said Fauci repeatedly declined to answer Paul's questions, citing the Fifth Amendment each time.

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BREAKING: Anthony Fauci just invoked his Fifth Amendment in the Senate Hearing. I thought only GUILTY PEOPLE took the Fifth, or at least that's what I was told when Trump did it.

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