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Mark Osler
Coverage of Mark Osler in the Nexus archive.
- Fauci's decision to invoke the Fifth Amendment tees up a legal debate and a contempt vote
Dr. Anthony Fauci invoked the Fifth Amendment during a congressional hearing on his handling of the pandemic, prompting a Republican-led committee to consider holding him in contempt and referring the matter to the Justice Department. The legal debate centers on whether a pardon Fauci received from President Joe Biden invalidated his Fifth Amendment protections, with some experts arguing he had valid concerns about potential state prosecutions and false-statement investigations.