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Fauci testifying to Senate panel after Rand Paul releases trove of diary entries

Paul led the hearing, questioned Fauci, and said the committee would vote on a contempt resolution.

Fauci testifying to Senate panel after Rand Paul releases trove of diary entries
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Dr. Anthony Fauci invoked the Fifth Amendment during a Senate hearing led by Sen. Rand Paul, who said the committee would vote next week on a resolution certifying Fauci in contempt. The hearing also featured criticism of the investigation’s fairness and questions about the pandemic response.

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Senator and committee chair leading the hearing

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Donald Trump
R · President of the United States

President who criticized Fauci in a social media post before the hearing

Former president who pardoned Fauci

Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
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Health and Human Services secretary who said Fauci’s entries were retrieved from government servers

James Lankford
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Senator who raised a procedural question about Fauci’s invocation of the Fifth Amendment

Gary C. Peters
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Ranking member who criticized the investigation’s fairness

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Rand Paul Leads Hearing as Fauci Invokes Fifth Amendment

Anthony Fauci invoked the Fifth Amendment and declined to answer questions at a Senate hearing led by Rand Paul. Paul said his committee would consider a contempt vote. Left-leaning outlets question the inquiry’s priorities, portraying it as targeting Fauci or diverting attention from broader public-health issues. Center outlets report the hearing, the possible contempt vote, and competing accounts of Fauci’s pandemic role. Right-leaning outlets emphasize allegations of Fauci’s wrongdoing and frame Paul’s questioning and contempt effort as accountability.

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