The doctor was facing questions from senators.
By Catholics for Catholics
Dr. Anthony Fauci, one of the seminal figures during the COVID-19 pandemic that caused 1.2 million deaths in the U.S. and the face behind one of the most draconian lockdowns in American history (including churches), refused to answer questions to Senate members on Wednesday, citing the Fifth Amendment.
“Although it pains me to do so, because of the respect I have for the Legislative Branch for government, and my decades-long record of cooperating with Congress, under the advice of my attorneys, I will invoke my right under the Fifth Amendment of the Constitution to refrain from answering your questions,” Fauci, 85, who led the National Institutes of Health’s National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) from 1984 to 2022, said in his opening statement during a hearing in Washington.
Fauci, according to a story by the Epoch Times, repeated more than 100 times in response to questions that he would not answer them, pursuant to the Fifth Amendment.
The Fifth Amendment says no person “shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself.” Fauci received a preemptive pardon in 2025.
Fauci, who was appearing pursuant to a subpoena issued by the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, could face misdemeanor or felony charges.
Sen. @HawleyMO to Fauci: "Nothing says honesty like taking the Fifth! You don't have any rights under the Fifth Amendment because you've been pardoned…you don't want to answer questions…it's because during the pandemic you got rich while people were dying."…
— ThePatrioticBlonde™🇺🇸 (@ImBreckWorsham) July 29, 2026
After the hearing, Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.), the chairman of the committee, told reporters that next week the committee would vote on whether to recommend charges against Fauci for contempt of Congress.
“We believe that with his liability, his immunity from criminal liability, that he didn’t need to hide behind the Fifth Amendment, and that maybe the Fifth Amendment doesn’t attach when you have a pardon in place,” Paul said.
Paul said the subpoena was valid and that the questions were pertinent to Fauci’s decision-making as head of the NIAID as well as chief adviser to the president.
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