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Dr. Anthony Fauci pleads the Fifth at Senate Covid hearing, saying GOP Chairman Rand Paul is trying to manufacture a perjury case against him

Dr. Anthony Fauci pleads the Fifth to avoid Senate questions about Covid pandemic | CNN Politics

Dr. Anthony Fauci, who led the US government response to the Covid-19 pandemic, invoked his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination, refusing to testify Wednesday just minutes into a Capitol Hill hearing that Republicans outwardly hoped would undermine the scientist and open him to claims of perjury.

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“Sir, you are not recognized.”

Sen. Rand Paul ordered security to remove an attorney for Dr. Anthony Fauci from a hearing room after he appeared to try to address the panel.

Anthony Fauci invokes 5th Amendment right not to testify at Covid hearing, calls Sen. Rand Paul ‘unhinged’

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Fauci invokes the Fifth Amendment and declines to answer questions from Sen. Rand Paul, a Kentucky Republican who has investigated him for years and accused him of covering up what led to the coronavirus pandemic.