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What It Means to Plead the Fifth Amendment

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’s decision to invoke his Fifth Amendment right to avoid answering lawmakers’ questions about the government’s handling of the COVID pandemic during a Senate hearing on Wednesday sparked outrage from Republicans.Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul, the Republican chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, said followin...