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“Operation Warp Speed” was a SPECTACULAR SUCCESS, in fact, many say, one of the most successful things ever done by an American President.”
Today, Dr. Anthony Fauci appeared before a Senate Committee hearing led by Kentucky GOP Senator Rand Paul over the origins of Covid-19, something the two have repeatedly squared-off over before.
But before the proceedings began, Fauci announced that he would be pleading the Fifth Amendment and would not answer any questions.
Per NBC:
Dr. Anthony Fauci declined to answer senators’ questions at a contentious hearing Wednesday on the origins of Covid and the government’s handling of the pandemic, saying he would invoke his Fifth Amendment right to avoid the possibility that Republicans use his testimony to prosecute him for perjury.
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The surprise decision set the stage for a hyper-partisan hearing that yielded no new revelations about the origins of the coronavirus or the government response to the pandemic. But the absence of Fauci’s testimony presented plenty of opportunities for Republicans and Democrats to present dueling narratives about those issues — and about the doctor himself.
Republicans on the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee used their allotted time to criticize the doctor’s recommendations during the Covid pandemic as the former head of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, accusing him of providing harmful advice on issues such as lockdowns and of lacking candor on the origins of the coronavirus.
Democrats, meanwhile, came to Fauci’s defense, painting the hearing as a Republican-led effort to entrap Fauci into committing perjury and using their time to focus criticism on the Trump administration’s health care policies.
After Fauci had invoked the Fifth Amendment more than 100 times, committee Chairman Rand Paul, R-Ky., said as the hearing ended that he would call for a vote to hold Fauci in contempt of Congress. He said after the hearing that the committee would vote on the issue next week.
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