US Senate’s Fauci hearing renews COVID origin debate but reveals little

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

Conspiracy theories do not simply explain events, they identify villains, says this professor.

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

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.

Rob Gutman speaks with Jay Bhattacharya, director of the National Institutes of Health and acting director of the CDC, about Dr. Anthony Fauci's actions during the pandemic, the possible origins of COVID-19, vaccines and more.

Fetterman, who has been increasingly at odds with his own party, lamented how legitimate questions about the origins of the COVID-19 virus became partisan and said lawmakers in the future should be more willing to examine evidence, no matter which side of the political aisle initially raises concerns.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

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