Fauci invokes Fifth Amendment in showdown with Republican lawmakers
Fauci invoked his right not to respond to questions in his opening statement, citing Senator Rand Paul's "unhinged obsession" with trying to put him "behind bars".
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"Invoking the Fifth Amendment is the right of someone to protect themselves from self-incrimination by refusing to testify or produce information."
— Dr Anthony Fauci , Academic
"Pleading the Fifth refers to the Fifth Amendment of the US Constitution, which says that no-one shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself."
— Dr Anthony Fauci , Academic
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Fauci invoked his right not to respond to questions in his opening statement, citing Senator Rand Paul's "unhinged obsession" with trying to put him "behind bars".
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