Paul plans contempt vote after Fauci invokes 5th amendment 107 times during COVID hearing

Dr. Anthony Fauci declined to answer lawmakers' questions on the origin and containment of the COVID-19 pandemic on Wednesday, with Senator Rand Paul planning to schedule a contempt vote against him for next week. Arden Farhi, managing editor of CBS News' Washington Bureau, has more.

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.

Anthony Fauci invoked the Fifth Amendment 111 times during Rand Paul's Senate hearing, refusing to answer questions about gain-of-function research.

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.

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

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

Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.), the chair of the Senate Committee on Homeland Security, said Wednesday he would push to hold Dr. Anthony Fauci in contempt of Congress after the former head of the U.S. COVID-19 pandemic response invoked his Fifth Amendment right at a hearing on Capitol Hill.  “That’s a vote that will happen in…

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

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.

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.

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.

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 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.

Anthony Fauci Invokes Fifth Amendment at Covid-19 Hearing  WSJ

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.

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