Fauci Pleads the Fifth — Won’t Even Admit a Folder Is Sitting Right in Front of Him
Fauci Pleads the Fifth — Won’t Even Admit a Folder Is Sitting Right in Front of Him Matt Margolis | 11:44 AM on July 29, 2026 AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana Dr. Anthony Fauci appeared before Congress on Wednesday to testify about his handling of the COVID pandemic. And let’s just say that, for a man who fancied himself the most trusted man in America on public health, he completely ruined his reputation by pleading the "Fifth Amendment" repeatedly like a man with something to hide.
- ▪Fauci Pleads the Fifth — Won’t Even Admit a Folder Is Sitting Right in Front of Him Matt Margolis | 11:44 AM on July 29, 2026 AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana Dr.
- ▪Anthony Fauci appeared before Congress on Wednesday to testify about his handling of the COVID pandemic.
- ▪And let’s just say that, for a man who fancied himself the most trusted man in America on public health, he completely ruined his reputation by pleading the "Fifth Amendment" repeatedly like a man with something to hide.
10 outlets in our directory ran this story, first to last over 37 hours. Coverage spans 3 points on the political spectrum — 4 lean left, 2 centre, 2 right.
- ▪ Fauci pleads the Fifth: Letters to the Editor — July 31, 2026 — New York Post
- ▪ Fauci pleads the Fifth over 100 times during Senate testimony — Washington Examiner
- ▪ Anthony Fauci refuses to answer questions during US Senate hearing about Covid origins — BBC News
- ▪ Fauci invokes Fifth Amendment and declines to testify in Republican-led COVID-19 Senate hearing - AP News — Google News
- ▪ Fauci takes Fifth Amendment, refuses to answer Senate panel questions — Axios
- ▪ Fauci invokes Fifth Amendment in declining to answer questions before Senate panel — STAT
- ▪ Fauci and His Senate Nemesis Rand Paul to Face Off in Hearing — NYT — US
- ▪ Senate committee delays vote on Todd Blanche attorney general nomination – as it happened — World news | The Guardian
- ▪ Anthony Fauci to face grilling from Senate Republicans on Covid pandemic — The Guardian — US
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Fauci Pleads the Fifth — Won’t Even Admit a Folder Is Sitting Right in Front of Him Matt Margolis | 11:44 AM on July 29, 2026 AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana Dr. Anthony Fauci appeared before Congress on Wednesday to testify about his handling of the COVID pandemic. And let’s just say that, for a man who fancied himself the most trusted man in America on public health, he completely ruined his reputation by pleading the "Fifth Amendment" repeatedly like a man with something to hide. Advertisement googletag.cmd.push(function () { googletag.display("div-gpt-300x250_3"); //googletag.pubads().refresh([gptAdSlot["div-gpt-300x250_3"]]) }); Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) previously released Fauci's personal diary, which clearly showed that what Fauci told the public for years wasn’t exactly what he believed.
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