Rand Paul questions whether Anthony Fauci could legally invoke the Fifth Amendment after receiving a presidential pardon from Joe Biden in January 2025.

Republican senators criticized Fauci for pleading the Fifth over 100 times in a Senate hearing. Some social media users compared it to a Trump case.

By Ahmed Aboulenein WASHINGTON, July 29 (Reuters) - Anthony Fauci, the former top U.S. infectious disease expert, declined to answer questions at a Senate hearing on Wednesday, invoking his constitutional right against self-incrimination and accusing Republican Senator Rand Paul of an "unhinged" campaign to see him imprisoned.

A resurfaced 2022 CNN interview clip shows Dr. Anthony Fauci saying he had "nothing to hide" from Congress, but he invoked the Fifth Amendment 111 times at his hearing.

Harvard Law professor emeritus Alan Dershowitz also said that once a witness invokes the Fifth Amendment, like Dr. Anthony Fauci did more than 100 times in a Senate hearing, legal precedent can require the witness to refuse to answer

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Anthony Fauci invoked his Fifth Amendment right dozens of times, refusing to answer even what day it was or what color his tie was at the hearing.

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Fauci's lawyer said in a statement that the contempt resolution was "a continuation of Senator Paul’s personal vendetta against Dr. Fauci. (AP Photo)