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The Latest: Dr. Anthony Fauci will face questions from Senate Republicans about COVID-19 origins

Rand Paul led the Senate hearing and said the committee would vote on whether to hold Fauci in contempt.

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Dr. Anthony Fauci invoked the Fifth Amendment and declined to answer questions at a Senate hearing led by Sen. Rand Paul. Paul said the committee will vote next week on whether to hold Fauci in contempt.

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Rand Paul
R · KY · SEN

Senate committee chairman who subpoenaed Fauci, led the questioning, and said the committee would vote on contempt.

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Donald Trump
R · President of the United States

President who said he watched the hearing and criticized Fauci.

Former president whose pardon of Fauci was discussed as background to the hearing.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
R · Secretary of Health and Human Services

Health secretary cited as a Trump ally who suggested Fauci could still face prosecution for perjury.

Gary C. Peters
D · MI · SEN

Ranking Democrat on the committee who criticized the hearing and raised other public-health concerns.

ALSO MENTIONED  Anthony Fauci, Retired infectious-disease expert who appeared before the committee and invoked the Fifth Amendment.; Mark Lankford, Republican committee member who acknowledged Fauci’s right to invoke the Fifth Amendment.

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Rand Paul Leads Senate Hearing Questioning Anthony Fauci

Rand Paul led a Senate hearing questioning Anthony Fauci, who repeatedly invoked the Fifth Amendment and declined to answer questions. Paul said the committee would vote on whether to hold Fauci in contempt. Left-leaning outlets portray the hearing as a partisan revival of pandemic disputes, with some focusing on the diary’s release or alleged editing. Center outlets emphasize the testimony, competing claims and planned contempt vote, with some noting limits to what the hearing established. Right-leaning outlets frame Fauci’s refusals as evasion and Paul’s actions as accountability, often highlighting the attorney’s removal.

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