Dr.Anthony Fauci declined to answer Fox News Digital's questions outside his home Thursday, walking away when asked whether he regretted pleading the Fifth during a contentious Senate hearing or his handling of the COVID-19 pandemic."Do you regret the way you handled the hearing, pleading the Fifth so much?" Fox News Digital asked Fauci.Fauci’s silence came one day after he declined, on the advice of his attorneys, to answer questions before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, chaired by Sen.
Rand Paul, R-Ky.TOP 5 MOMENTS FROM FAUCI'S HEARING: PAUL BOOTS LAWYER, MORENO ERUPTS AS CONTEMPT VOTE LOOMSAnthony Fauci, the former Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and medical advisor to several U.S.presidents, testifies under subpoena about his role in the national response to the COVID-19 pandemic, at a U.S.
Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee hearing, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., U.S., July 29, 2026.(REUTERS/Nathan Howard)"Although it pains me to do so because of the respect I have for the legislative branch of government, and my decades-long record of cooperating with Congress under the advice of my attorneys, I will invoke my right under the Fifth Amendment of the Constitution to refrain from answering your questions," Fauci said in his opening statement.The former White House COVID adviser was questioned over his response to the pandemic and his policy decisions, and was accused of funding gain-of-function research in Wuhan, China.Paul argues Fauci’s invocation of the Fifth Amendment was unsupported because Biden pardoned him and said the committee will vote next week on a resolution to hold him in contempt of Congress.CAN FAUCI HIDE BEHIND THE FIFTH? GAME-CHANGING BIDEN PARDON MAY NOT PROVIDE COMPLETE COVER, EXPERTS SAYSenator Rand Paul, a Republican from Kentucky and chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, speaks during a hearin...