Fauci Pleads Fifth Amendment to Avoid Senate Questions on COVID Pandemic

The Hill - News Peters rips Rand Paul over Fauci, COVID hearing https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5996425-gary-peters-rand-paul-anthony-fauci-covid-hearing/ 2026-07-29T14:02:36.000Z Sen.

As Breitbart News reported, Fauci is testifying following the disclosure of personal diaries that call into question the decisions he made in response to the pandemic that began in March 2020 before quickly sweeping the world.

What we know

Gary Peters (D-Mich.) accused the GOP chair of the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of “relitigating the past” with his decision to call Dr. Anthony Fauci before Congress on Wednesday to testify about his oversight of the U.S.

Breitbart - US News Fauci Pleads Fifth Amendment to Avoid Senate Questions on COVID Pandemic https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2026/07/29/fauci-pleads-fifth-amendment-to-avoid-senate-questions-on-covid-pandemic/ 2026-07-29T13:19:14.000Z Dr. “Under the advice of my attorneys, I will invoke my right under the 5th Amendment of the Constitution to refrain from answering your questions,” Fauci asserted before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, which Sen.

Anthony Fauci before a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on July 29, 2026.

The details

Fauci’s diaries suggest he misled the public on the fatality rate of COVID-19 and knew scientists believed the coronavirus outbreak was the result of a lab leak in Wuhan, China, instead of the “wet market” theory of the virus’s origin. Fauci is testifying following the disclosure of personal diaries that call into question the decisions he made in response to the 2020 coronavirus pandemic. Fauci’s diaries suggest he misled the public on the fatality rate of COVID-19 and knew scientists believed the coronavirus outbreak was the result of a lab leak in Wuhan, China, instead of the “wet market” theory of the virus’s origin.