The 5 most shocking moments from Anthony Fauci's Senate COVID testimony
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Dr. Anthony Fauci, the former head of the National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Diseases, stunned Republican senators on Wednesday when he refused to answer their questions about the COVID-19 pandemic by invoking his Fifth Amendment right at the start of a congressional hearing.
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Unlike other instances of witnesses taking the Fifth, however, that wasn’t the end of the proceeding, as GOP and Democratic members of the Senate Homeland Security Committee continued quizzing Fauci for under four hours.
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Republicans, led by Chairman Rand Paul (R-Ky.), demanded answers on the origins of the pandemic, inconsistencies related to his public remarks on COVID mandates versus his private comments and his support for funding for risky “gain of function” research abroad that can make viruses more infectious.
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At its conclusion, Paul announced that his committee would begin contempt of Congress proceedings against Fauci next week and questioned the validity of the sweeping pardon former President Joe Biden granted his former White House COVID czar in January 2025.
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At its conclusion, Paul announced that his committee would begin contempt of Congress proceedings against Fauci next week and questioned the validity of the sweeping pardon former President Joe Biden granted his former White House COVID czar in January 2025.
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“Dr. Fauci isn’t liable for anything as long as he tells the truth, even if he admits that he destroyed records on a routine basis,” Paul suggested, adding that the ex‑NIAID official “can’t be prosecuted for many of the things that are outside the statute of limitations as well.”
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Fauci, in his opening statement before pleading the Fifth, had excoriated Paul for having an “obvious obsession with calling for my prosecution, his repeated slanderous comments about me, and recently his publicly releasing my unredacted personal diary aimed at embarrassing and intimidating me.”
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Fauci took the Fifth Amendment 111 times — including on CIA funding of his agency
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In another startling example, Paul asked Fauci whether the CIA had ever funded NIAID — before the chairman revealed later in the hearing that he had obtained documents describing the interagency spending agreement.
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David Morens pleaded not guilty in May to concealing and destroying federal records.
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Similarly, Fauci dodged questions about his since‑indicted, ex‑senior adviser David Morens, who pleaded not guilty in May to concealing and destroying federal records — and whether he engaged in evasive record‑keeping patterns by using a personal cell phone and email address to hide information.
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“Our investigation reveals your assistant diligently reported that she deleted tons of emails in 2024. You testified that you did not delete federal records. Who’s telling the truth?” Paul asked at one point.
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“On February 2nd, 2020,” he added, citing an email exchange, “you told Francis Collins, ‘Please delete this email after you read it.'”
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Paul had US Capitol Police escort Fauci’s attorney, David Schertler, out of the hearing room following a tense exchange a little more than a half-hour into questioning.
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It’s unclear if Schertler intended to read from a letter he sent to Paul last month, which was referenced later in the hearing by Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) — but he repeatedly tried to interject only to be shouted down by the chairman.
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Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) has revealed that Fauci approved the use of “aborted baby body parts in mice research.”
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- Rand Paul suggested that Anthony Fauci isn’t liable for anything as long as he tells the truth, even if he admits destroying records, and that the pardon has given him more immunity than most people would ever get.
collides with Senator Rand Paul referred Dr. Anthony Fauci for prosecution based on Fauci’s refusal to testify before the Homeland Security panel · Fauci privately warned of miscarriage risk linked to COVID vaccine while publicly claiming no issues, newly released texts show
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