Fauci takes Fifth Amendment, refuses to answer Senate panel questions
Dr. Anthony Fauci, who led the nation's infectious disease efforts during the pandemic, invoked the Fifth Amendment on Wednesday and declined to answer questions from a Senate committee investigating the origins of COVID-19. Why it matters: Fauci said Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.), the head of the Senate homeland security committee, was trying to get him to say something that could put him in legal jeopardy. Former President Biden gave Fauci a preemptive pardon before leaving office, but Fauci argues …

