FAUCI INVOKES FIFTH AMENDMENT AT RAND PAUL-LED US SENATE COVID HEARING

Anthony Fauci, the former top U.S. infectious disease expert, declined to answer questions at a Senate hearing on Wednesday, invoking his constitutional right against self-incrimination and accusing Republican Senator Rand Paul of an "unhinged" campaign to see him imprisoned.

Fauci, who is 85 and retired in 2022, was ​subpoenaed by Paul of Kentucky, the chair of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee and a longtime adversary. Fauci accused Paul of an "unhinged" campaign to see him imprisoned, and ‌refused to answer more than 100 questions.

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