Fauci’s COVID‑origins hearing shows how conspiracy theories became political weapons

The spectacle shows what happens when conspiracy theories become embedded in political institutions

"He was caught in actual lies," Maher said, adding, "The big issue to me is the origin of this, which is very important. How did it start?"

On Friday’s broadcast of HBO’s “Real Time,” host Bill Maher stated that former Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Dr. Anthony Fauci, who also served as Chief Medical Adviser to President Joe Biden and on the

Hearing underscores years-long partisan divide on lightning-rod issue fuelled by misleading White House claims.

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Dr. Anthony Fauci appears before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on July 29, 2026. AP Photo/Allison Robbert Dr. Anthony Fauci invoked the Fifth Amendment and declined to answer questions from a Senate committee more than 100 times on July 29, 2026. The Republican-led hearing – convened t

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Anthony Fauci pleaded the Fifth 111 times at a Senate hearing as conservatives resurfaced viral videos of COVID lockdown arrests and mask mandates.

Dr. Anthony Fauci invoked the Fifth Amendment over a hundred times during a contentious Senate hearing on the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic. CBS News' Caitlin Huey-Burns reports.

Dr. Anthony Fauci declined to answer lawmaker questions as he was grilled over his actions during the pandemic. NBC News’ Monica Alba reports.

The former top US infectious disease expert declined to answer questions at a Republican-led Senate hearing, labelling it an "unhinged" campaign to see him imprisoned.

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.

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.

State of the Union: The former top health official said he was invoking the Fifth Amendment to avoid baseless prosecution by Republicans.

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.

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

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

The committee led by the doctor’s long-term nemesis, Republican senator Rand Paul, will now vote on whether to refer Anthony Fauci for potential criminal prosecution.

The committee led by the doctor’s long-term nemesis, Republican senator Rand Paul, will now vote on whether to refer Anthony Fauci for potential criminal prosecution.

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.

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Diary entries show the former public health official acknowledged that U.S.-supported researchers were conducting gain-of-function research in Wuhan that could have caused the pandemic.

Dr. Anthony Fauci has 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

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)

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

Fauci refused to answer questions at a hearing that Republicans had hoped would expose him to potential perjury charges and discredit his handling of the U.S. pandemic response.

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 health official invoked his constitutional right not to answer questions under oath.

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.

At 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.

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