# The 5 most shocking moments from Anthony Fauci's Senate COVID testimony
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Publisher: New York Post · published 2026-07-29 · read 2026-09-12

Original: https://nypost.com/2026/07/29/us-news/the-5-most-shocking-moments-from-anthony-faucis-senate-testimony/

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## Who is named (13)

- [Anthony Fauci](https://truthscore.com/entity/0434b95b)
- [Rand Paul](https://truthscore.com/entity/46ea1418)
- [Ralph Baric](https://truthscore.com/entity/5e54a6ce)
- [University of North Carolina](https://truthscore.com/entity/600e6b70)
- [Joni Ernst](https://truthscore.com/entity/67e7d971)
- [US Capitol Police](https://truthscore.com/entity/86d1dd19)
- [David Morens](https://truthscore.com/entity/95315516)
- [National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases](https://truthscore.com/entity/af4cc51d)
- [Joe Biden](https://truthscore.com/entity/bd14ac66)
- [Senate Homeland Security Committee](https://truthscore.com/entity/c4c0871b)
- [Richard Blumenthal](https://truthscore.com/entity/c93ed490)
- [Francis Collins](https://truthscore.com/entity/f7b6679a)
- [David Schertler](https://truthscore.com/entity/fe382bdf)

## Restated (already known — zero weight)

- [Anthony Fauci refused to answer Republican senators' questions about the COVID‑19 pandemic by invoking his Fifth Amendment right at the start of a…](https://truthscore.com/claim/40332e11)
- [GOP and Democratic members of the Senate Homeland Security Committee continued quizzing Fauci for under four hours after the initial Fifth Amendment invocation.](https://truthscore.com/claim/5fc49ce8)
- [Republicans led by Chairman Rand Paul demanded answers on the origins of the pandemic, inconsistencies between Fauci's public COVID‑mandate remarks and private…](https://truthscore.com/claim/f698f9d0)
- [Rand Paul announced that his committee would begin contempt of Congress proceedings against Anthony Fauci next week.](https://truthscore.com/claim/3bc7a247)
- [Rand Paul questioned the validity of the sweeping pardon former President Joe Biden granted Anthony Fauci in January 2025.](https://truthscore.com/claim/202d7f18)
- [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…](https://truthscore.com/claim/92101648)
- [Anthony Fauci excoriated Rand Paul for an “obvious obsession with calling for my prosecution,” slanderous comments, and publicly releasing his unredacted…](https://truthscore.com/claim/9348a7c0)
- [Anthony Fauci took the Fifth Amendment 111 times, including on questions about CIA funding of his agency.](https://truthscore.com/claim/ed101ab9)
- [Rand Paul asked Anthony Fauci whether the CIA had ever funded NIAID, and later revealed he had obtained documents describing the interagency spending agreement.](https://truthscore.com/claim/8a822218)
- [David Morens pleaded not guilty in May to concealing and destroying federal records.](https://truthscore.com/claim/77fbbd68)
- [An assistant deleted tons of emails in 2024, but Anthony Fauci testified that he did not delete federal records.](https://truthscore.com/claim/73fd1afb)
- [On February 2nd, 2020, an email exchange showed someone telling Francis Collins, “Please delete this email after you read it.”](https://truthscore.com/claim/8688cf8a)
- [Rand Paul had US Capitol Police escort Anthony Fauci’s attorney David Schertler out of the hearing room.](https://truthscore.com/claim/9a073999)
- [David Schertler sent a letter to Rand Paul last month that was later referenced in the hearing by Senator Richard Blumenthal.](https://truthscore.com/claim/2c2384e1)
- [Senator Joni Ernst said Anthony Fauci approved the use of aborted baby body parts in mice research conducted by NIH‑funded researcher Ralph Baric at UNC.](https://truthscore.com/claim/82fcf510)

## Where it collides

- [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…](https://truthscore.com/claim/92101648) — collides with [Senator Rand Paul referred Dr. Anthony Fauci for prosecution based on Fauci’s refusal to testify before the Homeland Security panel](https://truthscore.com/claim/ea284fc8) ([Fauci privately warned of miscarriage risk linked to COVID vaccine while publicly claiming no issues, newly released texts show](https://truthscore.com/source/72b0ab30))

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