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Fauci invokes Fifth Amendment over 100 times in heated COVID-19 hearing

Dr. Anthony Fauci repeatedly invoked his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination during a congressional hearing, declining to answer over 100 questions related to his handling of the COVID-19 pandemic. Republican Senator Rand Paul led the hearing, accusing Fauci of dishonesty regarding the virus's origins and vowing to hold him in contempt. Democrats defended Fauci, characterizing the hearing as a politically motivated attempt to entrap him. Paul also released over 1,000 pages of Fauci's personal diary, suggesting discrepancies between his private notes and public statements. AI

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Fauci invokes Fifth Amendment over 100 times in heated COVID-19 hearing

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