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Fauci Pleads the Fifth at Senate Hearing on COVID, Escalating Long-Running Clash With Republicans

Anthony Fauci, former director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, during a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee hearing in Washington, D.C., on July 29, 2026. —Al Drago—Bloomberg/Getty ImagesDr. Anthony Fauci, the longtime infectious disease expert who helped lead the federal government's response to the COVID pandemic, invoked his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination on Wednesday, refusing to answer questions at a Senate hearing that Republicans had hoped would expose him to potential perjury charges and discredit his handling of t...