Fauci to face contempt vote after refusing to answer Covid questions in Congress

Senator Rand Paul says: "I think there is a very real chance that he could be prosecuted for that."

Former top US health official Anthony Fauci has refused to answer questions at a tense US Senate hearing on Covid-19, saying he feared Republicans would try to use his testimony to prosecute him for perjury.

A spicy clash made headlines, but something more sinister is happening here.

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.

The scientist, Dr Anthony Fauci, helped lead the nation’s Covid-19 response,

Dr. Anthony Fauci 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

Now-retired infectious-disease expert invokes Fifth Amendment, accuses committee chair of ‘unhinged obsession’

The Senate panel chaired by Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) will hold a vote on holding Dr. Anthony Fauci in contempt for refusing to testify about his actions during the COVID-19 pandemic, an escalation in the long-running battle between the two men. Paul said he scheduled the vote in the Senate Homeland Security and Government

Anthony Fauci pleads 5th, refuses to answer questions about COVID-19  USA Today

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

Fauci declined to answer 15 questions, invoking his Fifth Amendment rights for each of them.

The infectious disease expert is grilled once again on the origins of the pandemic and gain of function research

Dr. Anthony Fauci has testified in Congress more than 20 times since COVID-19 was discovered in China, but Wednesday's appearance occurs before a panel led by his chief Republican antagonist, who would like to see him criminally prosecuted.

When Fauci appears before the Senate on Wednesday, he should not be permitted to deflect with bureaucratic theater, selective memory, and semantic evasion.