Fauci invokes fifth amendment and declines to testify in Senate Covid hearing

Source: www.theguardian.com · Section: headlines · Bias: Center-Left · Published: Wed, 29 Jul 2026 19:03:51 GMT

Adviser to Trump and Biden for pandemic says Republican senator has ‘unhinged obsession’ with himUS politics – live updatesDr Anthony Fauci refused to answer questions at a high-profile Senate committee hearing on the origins of Covid-19 and accused the Republican senator leading questioning of having an “unhinged obsession” with him.Fauci, the veteran former director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (Niaid), served as a key adviser to Donald Trump and Joe Biden during the Covid-19 pandemic. The hearing was called by Kentucky senator Rand Paul, who has investigated Fauci for years. Continue reading...

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