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Fauci Invokes Fifth Amid Pandemic Fallout | Dayton News
Dr. Fauci stunned lawmakers by invoking his Fifth Amendment right repeatedly during a fiery Senate hearing, calling the chairman’s questioning an “unhinged obsession” and citing legal advice. Republicans seized on his silence as potential guilt, threatening contempt votes, while Democrats framed the hearing as a politically motivated trap. The debate raged over whether COVID-19 emerged from a lab or nature, with Fauci defending U.S. funding and distancing himself from a colleague indicted over related records. Amid partisan fury, Fauci’s actions reignited deep divisions over pandemic…
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