The defensive coordinator got in front of reporters for a regularly scheduled news conference and promptly fielded the first question that, if you know Philly reporters, wasn't a softball."I'm going to be like Fauci and just take the Fifth Amendment on your question," Fangio said."Did you guys see that?"Oh, my God."Dec 1, 2024; Baltimore, Maryland, USA; Philadelphia Eagles defensive coordinator Vic Fangio on the field before the game against the Baltimore Ravens at M&T Bank Stadium.
(Tommy Gilligan-Imagn Images)TOP 5 MOMENTS FROM FAUCI'S HEARING: PAUL BOOTS LAWYER, MORENO ERUPTS AS CONTEMPT VOTE LOOMSFangio was kidding.And not kidding.He watched segments of the hearings in which the former Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) and a cornerstone member of the White House Coronavirus Task Force during the Covid-19 pandemic testified before senators.Fauci invoked the Fifth Amendment so as to not incriminate himself more than 100 times – 111 times by some counts.Fauci, 85, was subpoenaed to appear before the Senate’s government oversight committee by Chairman Rand Paul (R-Kentucky), who has alleged Fauci should be jailed for covering up the origins of the Covid-19 pandemic and even helped cause the pandemic by funding Coronavirus research in Wuhan, China, where the outbreak began in 2019.RAND PAUL SEEKS CONTEMPT CHARGES AFTER FAUCI INVOKES FIFTH AMENDMENT MORE THAN 100 TIMESDr.Anthony Fauci is sworn in during a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on July 29, 2026.
Dr.Fauci, the former Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, is testifying after Senator Rand Paul, Republican from Kentucky, released more than 1000 pages of Fauci's diary entries from the COVID-19 pandemic.
(Alex Wroblewski / AFP via Getty Images)Fauci refused to answer the most mundane questions despite the fact that President Joe Biden gave him a full, uncondi...