Fauci Shuts Down Republicans’ COVID-19 Hearing by Pleading the Fifth
ONP 요약
Dr. Anthony Fauci refused to testify before a Republican‑led Senate committee on Wednesday, invoking the Fifth Amendment. The hearing, which raised allegations of a pandemic cover‑up and questioned gain‑of‑function research funding, also drew criticism from former President Trump.
진보 성향:Political obstruction — Fauci’s refusal to testify is portrayed as a tactic to block Republican scrutiny.
보수 성향:Corruption scandal — right‑leaning outlets label Fauci’s refusal as evidence of pandemic mishandling and corruption.
Anthony Fauci will not testify before Congress Wednesday.
The former director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases was subpoenaed to testify before a Republican-led Senate committee regarding his handling of the Covid-19 pandemic.
But he won’t—instead, Fauci invoked the Fifth Amendment in his opening statements.
Fauci remarked that Kentucky Senator Rand Paul—who issued the subpoena and has repeatedly called for Fauci’s arrest—has an “obvious obsession with calling for my prosecution.”
“The only conclusion I can reach is that the sole reason he is calling me before this Committee is to prompt me to say something, anything, that could vindicate his repeated public pledges that I end up, in his words, ‘behind bars,’” Fauci said, adding that he is following his attorney’s advice by pleading the Fifth.
This is a developing story. ...
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