Fauci invokes Fifth Amendment and declines to testify in Republican-led COVID-19 Senate hearing

Dr. Anthony Fauci invoked the Fifth Amendment during a Republican-led Senate hearing on the handling of the COVID-19 pandemic, declining to answer questions under subpoena by Sen. Rand Paul. Fauci stated he followed legal advice to avoid potential perjury charges, while Paul accused him of concealing complicity in the pandemic's origins through released diary entries.