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Fauci May Have Pleaded the 5th, but the GOP Won’t Stop Until It Has the Truth on COVID-19

Virginia Grace McKinnon

Chairman Rand Paul, R-Ky., and the Senate Homeland Security Committee put Dr. Anthony Fauci on center stage Wednesday morning. Republican senators hit him with three hours of questioning about his alleged part in the spread and cover-up of the COVID-19 virus.

Over 100 times, Fauci stayed silent, invoking the Fifth Amendment.

Republican committee members claimed he had no right to invoke the Fifth Amendment and will vote next week to hold Fauci in contempt of Congress. This would ultimately put the investigation in President Donald Trump’s hands.

Dr. Fauci Declined Over 100 Questions as Rand Paul Accused Him of Participating in the COVID CoverupDr. Fauci appeared at the Senate Homeland security committee hearing Wednesday morning. Six years after the Covid pandemic, the GOP is still looking for answers. The… pic.twitter.com/RdiuY5xzQm— Daily Signal (@DailySignal) July 29, 2026

Dr. Fauci Declined Over 100 Questions as Rand Paul Accused Him of Participating in the COVID CoverupDr. Fauci appeared at the Senate Homeland security committee hearing Wednesday morning. Six years after the Covid pandemic, the GOP is still looking for answers. The… pic.twitter.com/RdiuY5xzQm

Fauci, head of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and chief medical adviser to Trump during the COVID-19 pandemic, advised major decisions surrounding the pandemic, including vaccine mandates, school closures, and essentially shutting down the economy.

Paul claims Fauci knowingly lied about America funding gain-of-function research at the Wuhan laboratory where the COVID-19 virus was developed. According to Fauci’s “diary entries,” which were made public because he stored them on government property, he knew the wet........

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