Fauci invokes 5th Amendment right during GOP-led hearing on COVID origins

Dr. Anthony Fauci, the face of America's COVID response, repeatedly invoked his Fifth Amendment right before a Senate committee on Wednesday. The hearing, chaired by Republican Sen. Rand Paul, was meant to probe the origins of COVID-19 and whether Fauci misled Congress and the public. Fauci called Paul's pursuit of him

The physician and immunologist repeatedly invokes the Fifth Amendment in a Republican-led COVID-19 Senate hearing.

The physician and immunologist repeatedly invokes the Fifth Amendment in a Republican-led COVID-19 Senate hearing.

Dr. Anthony Fauci will face a contempt of Congress vote in a Senate committee next week after he invoked the Fifth Amendment in a hearing about his handling of the COVID-19 pandemic

Dr. Anthony Fauci invoked his Fifth Amendment right 106 times during a Senate hearing on the Covid pandemic response. NBC News' Julie Tsirkin reports on the questions Fauci was asked and his opening statement saying Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., has an "unhinged obsession" with him.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Dr. Anthony Fauci on Wednesday repeatedly invoked the Fifth Amendment and declined to answer dozens of questions from senators in a Republican-led committee hearing about his handling of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Some Republicans in Congress, including Sen. Rand Paul who subpoenaed Fauci to testify, have long called on him to be arrested for his handling of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Physician declines to answer Senate questions as Republicans like Rand Paul accuse him of covering up COVID's origins.

Dr. Anthony Fauci on Wednesday repeatedly invoked the Fifth Amendment and declined to answer dozens of questions from senators in a Republican-led committee hearing about his handling of the COVID-19 pandemic. The decision, at least for now, shielded Fauci from answering questions that could expose him to accusations o

Dr. Anthony Fauci invoked the Fifth Amendment during a Senate Homeland Security Committee hearing about COVID-19. Arthur Allen, a senior correspondent for KFF Health News, joins with more.

The decision, at least for now, shielded Fauci from answering questions that could expose him to accusations of lying under oath.

Former top US health official Anthony Fauci refused to answer questions at a US Senate hearing about the origins of the Covid-19 pandemic, saying he feared Republican lawmakers would try to use his testimony to prosecute him for perjury.

Scientist who fell out with Donald Trump accuses Republican senator of having ‘unhinged obsession’

A top health adviser to the White House during the COVID-19 pandemic has declined to answer questions at a congressional hearing about his handling of the crisis.

Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Democrats sought to deflect rather than defend Dr. Anthony Fauci from specific accusations from Republicans that he mishandled COVID-19 pandemic policy and misled the public. As Fauci invoked his Fifth Amendment right to remain silent in the highly anticipated

Anthony Fauci repeatedly invoked his constitutional right against self-incrimination at a contentious US Senate hearing on Wednesday, refusing to answer questions about American funding for coronavirus research in China and allegations that he misled Congress about the origins of Covid-19. The extraordinary appearance

Anthony Fauci invoked his Fifth Amendment right to not testify at a Senate committee hearing on his role in the US response to Covid-19 after slamming the proceeding as having been designed to push him into making incriminating statements. (Source: Bloomberg)

Former White House Covid czar Anthony Fauci pleaded the Fifth Amendment during a Wednesday Senate hearing to avoid answering questions about his corrupt mishandling of the pandemic. The moment came days after the release of the former health official’s diaries, which documented his self-aggrandizing behavior, collusion

Dr. 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.

4 min readUpdated: Jul 29, 2026 07:43 PM IST Anthony Fauci, the former Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), attends a US Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, July 29, 2026. (REUTERS) Former US infectious disease expert D

Anthony Fauci is invoking the Fifth Amendment in a Senate hearing about the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic as he faces one of his main critics.

In his opening statement, Dr. Anthony Fauci said Republican Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky has an “obvious obsession with calling for my prosecution.”

Dr. Anthony Fauci invoked the Fifth Amendment and decline to answer questions from senators in a Republican-led committee hearing about his handling of the COVID-19 pandemic

The former top US infectious disease expert invoked his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination on questions regarding the origins of COVID-19.

Dr. 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.

The move injects new drama into tensions between Fauci and Republican lawmakers over his handling of the coronavirus pandemic and accusations he lied about the origins of COVID-19.

Former White House chief medical adviser Dr. Anthony Fauci invoked the Fifth Amendment during a high-profile Senate hearing led by Sen. Rand Paul, refusing to answer questions about the U.S. response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the origins of the coronavirus and federal research funding.

The former top US health official invoked his constitutional right not to answer questions under oath.

Anthony Fauci Invokes Fifth Amendment at Covid-19 Hearing  WSJ

Anthony Fauci, former chief White House medical adviser, invoked his Fifth Amendment right on Wednesday when he appeared before a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee hearing held by Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.). In his opening remarks, Fauci blasted Paul’s “obvious obsession with calling for my prosec

Dr. 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.

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Dr. Anthony Fauci rejected questions about the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic and funding sent from the United States to the Wuhan Institute of Virology, saying that he was “wasting” time by addressing the concerns posed by members of Congress. Fauci’s private thoughts were presented for public consumption when Senat