Dr. Anthony Fauci invoked his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination during a contentious US Senate hearing regarding the origins of COVID-19. Republicans on the committee, led by Rand Paul, questioned Fauci about US funding for research at the Wuhan Institute of Virology and alleged he misled Congress. Democrats accused the committee of pursuing a political vendetta, while Fauci stated he had previously answered these questions under oath in other settings. AI
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- Anthony Fauci
- COVID-19
- Democratic Party
- National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
- Rand Paul
- Republican Party
- United States Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
- US Senate
- Wuhan Institute of Virology
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