Fauci Hearing Fallout

A Senate hearing on Anthony Fauci reignites the COVID origin debate and GOP attacks.

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Fauci's Cowardly Fifth Amendment Evasion

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Former White House chief medical adviser Anthony Fauci invoked the Fifth Amendment more than 100 times during a three-hour Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee hearing chaired by Sen. Rand Paul, refusing to answer questions on COVID-19 origins and the pandemic response. The Wednesday hearing reopened partisan disputes over Fauci’s federal work more than three years after his retirement. House Republicans introduced a bill that would bar Fauci from future federal government employment. Outside his home Thursday, Fauci declined to answer questions about the hearing or pandemic regrets.

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Fauci AccountabilityLeans Right

Fauci misled Americans, abused public trust, and dodged accountability through evasive testimony, pleading the Fifth, and avoiding hard questions. Democrats, institutions, and media allies shielded him by ignoring damaging evidence and shaping the public narrative around COVID-era wrongdoing.