Dr.Anthony Fauci's fight on Capitol Hill may not be over yet, a top House Republican signaled after the former public health official pleaded the Fifth Amendment over 100 times during an intense Senate hearing on Wednesday."If former President Biden’s blanket autopen pardon is valid, then Dr.
Fauci has no right to refuse to answer questions," House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer, R-Ky., said after the hearing."Dr.Fauci clearly knows his autopen pardon is on legally questionable grounds and decided to protect himself today rather than provide the truth to the American people."FAUCI PLEADS FIFTH WITH 'ZERO LEGAL JUSTIFICATION' AS CRITICS ERUPT AND DEMAND CONTEMPT CHARGESThen-Chief Medical Advisor to the president Anthony Fauci speaks during a briefing on the Omicron Covid-19 variant, watched by then-President Joe Biden in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, D.C.
on Nov.29, 2021.
(Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images)Fauci appeared before a Senate GOP-led panel on Wednesday amid new scrutiny over how he handled the COVID-19 pandemic, following the release of a diary he kept during the global health crisis.Comer accused former Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra of withholding Fauci's diary from the House Oversight Committee during the Biden administration, but said Fauci could be facing new questions after its release."Based on the release of Dr.Fauci’s diary, which should have been provided to the House Oversight Committee last Congress but was withheld by then-HHS Secretary Becerra, we’ll be asking Dr.
Fauci whether he stands by his previous testimony to our Committee.Dr.
Fauci’s actions and lies caused irreparable harm to Americans, and he must face accountability," Comer said.FAUCI'S NEWLY RELEASED COVID DIARIES REVEAL BIZARRE FIXATION ON FAME AS PANDEMIC DEATHS MOUNTEDDiary entries made public by Sen.Rand Paul, R-Ky., a longtime Fauci critic and chair of the committee before which Fauci is appearing on Wedn...