Media's Fauci Love Affair Might've Buried Covid's Origins

Ahead of the doctor's public testimony, making sense of what the dominant press helped to keep buried.

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.

Dr. Anthony Fauci invoked his Fifth Amendment right for all questions asked during Wednesday's Senate Homeland Security Committee hearing on the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic. CBS News' Caitlin Huey-Burns has more from Capitol Hill.

Rand Paul announced he will seek civil contempt charges after Anthony Fauci invoked his Fifth Amendment right over 70 times during the hearing.

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

July 29, 2026 10:56 AM ET Democratic New Hampshire Sen. Maggie Hassan lamented on Wednesday that Dr. Anthony Fauci had to testify before the Senate and claimed that the purpose of the highly anticipated hearing was to “entrap” him.“Dr. Fauci, I want to start by thanking you for more than 50 years of service to this cou

President Trump praised Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) ahead of his contentious Senate hearing featuring former chief White House medical adviser Dr. Anthony Fauci on Wednesday.  “THE MASSIE MASSACRE in the Great Commonwealth of Kentucky has had a really great impact on Senator Rand Paul who will be running in two years. He’s

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)

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

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

The physician and immunologist who helped lead the U.S government response to the COVID-19 pandemic was expected to face aggressive questioning from Republican members, especially Chairman Rand Paul of Kentucky.

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

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.

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.

Anthony Fauci Pleads Fifth, Declines To Answer Rand Paul's Questions In COVID-19 Hearing  HuffPost

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.

Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) just had Dr. Anthony Fauci's attorney escorted out of a hearing by Capitol Police.

Anthony Fauci will not testify before Congress Wednesday. The former director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases was subpoenaed to testify before a Republican-led Senate committee regarding his handling of the Covid-19 pandemic. But he won’t—instead, Fauci invoked the Fifth Amendment in his op

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

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

Dr. Anthony ​Fauci declined to answer questions on the COVID pandemic at a Senate hearing on Wednesday, invoking the Fifth Amendment and thereby claiming his right against self-incrimination.

Fauci Pleads Fifth Amendment Rights, Declines To Answer Questions At Senate Hearing  Forbes

Dr. Anthony Fauci, who led the nation's infectious disease efforts during the pandemic, invoked the Fifth Amendment on Wednesday and declined to answer questions from a Senate committee investigating the origins of COVID-19. Why it matters: Fauci said Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.), the head of the Senate homeland security com

Watch Dr. Anthony Fauci plead the Fifth at Capitol Hill hearing  CNN

Anthony Fauci Invokes Fifth Amendment at Covid-19 Hearing  WSJ

During his opening statement, Dr. Anthony Fauci said he would invoke his Fifth Amendment right and will refrain from answering questions from Senators in their probe of his Covid pandemic response.

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.

Veteran medical adviser likely to face questions over disputed ‘lab leak’ theory in investigation seen by scientists as ‘vilification and harassment’ of 85-year-old Sign up for US Breaking News email Hello and welcome to the US politics live blog. Senators are expected to question Anthony Fauci, the former veteran di

Dr. Anthony S. Fauci seemed to be the life of the party, even in the midst of a deadly pandemic.

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