Fauci takes Fifth Amendment, refuses to answer Senate panel questions

Axios reports that Dr. Anthony Fauci invoked the Fifth Amendment during a Senate hearing on COVID-19 origins, declining to answer questions from the committee headed by Republican Senator Rand Paul. Despite President Biden's preemptive pardon, Fauci said he feared Paul was trying to extract statements that could spark new legal investigations into his conduct. When Fauci refused to testify, Paul warned that there would be repercussions. The standoff reflects the ongoing constitutional and political tensions surrounding the pandemic response.

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