Fauci Invokes Fifth Amendment Over 70 Times at Senate Origins Hearing

Dr. Anthony Fauci appeared under subpoena before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, chaired by Sen. Rand Paul, for a roughly three-hour hearing on COVID-19's origins. After a brief opening statement, Fauci — on the advice of his attorneys — repeatedly invoked his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination, declining to answer more than 70 questions about gain-of-function research funding, EcoHealth Alliance, and his private diary entries (obtained via HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.). The hearing followed months of escalating disclosures, including Tulsi Gabbard's June 18 declassified files and Paul's June 22 subpoena.