{"id":337,"date":"2026-07-29T13:42:45","date_gmt":"2026-07-29T13:42:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/americanhousingtransition.com\/?p=337"},"modified":"2026-07-29T13:42:45","modified_gmt":"2026-07-29T13:42:45","slug":"fauci-pleads-the-fifth-in-covid-hearing-citing-rand-pauls-unhinged-obsession-with-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/americanhousingtransition.com\/?p=337","title":{"rendered":"Fauci Pleads the Fifth in Covid Hearing, Citing Rand Paul\u2019s \u2018Unhinged Obsession with Me\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Anthony Fauci on Wednesday appeared before the U.S. Senate Homeland Security Committee, but pleaded the Fifth to avoid answering questions by Senator Rand Paul (R., Ky.) and others about his obfuscation of facts surrounding the Covid-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/americanhousingtransition.com\/?p=335\">\u2018Just Found All the Classified Stuff\u2019: Biden Acknowledges Secret Documents in New Ghostwriter Tapes<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Fauci told the committee in an opening statement that he believes in and respects \u201cthe value of legitimate congressional oversight,\u201d and noted he had testified before or briefed Senate and House committees more than 200 times over his 38-year career. He mentioned appearing for hearings in the Senate and House for transcribed, sworn interviews about the Covid-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cHowever, given Senator P<\/span><span>aul\u2019s obvious obsession with calling for my prosecution, his repeated slanderous comments about me, and recently his publicly releasing my unredacted personal diary aimed at embarrassing and intimidating me, the only conclusion I can reach is that the sole reason he is calling me before this committee is to get me to say something, anything, that could vindicate his repeated public pledges that I end up, in his words, \u2018behind bars,\u2019\u201d Fauci said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/americanhousingtransition.com\/?p=333\">Even Fauci Was Shocked by How Much the Media Loved Him<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cAny reasonable person who has followed his unhinged obsession with me would readily come to the same conclusion,\u201d he added. \u201cTherefore, 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.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/americanhousingtransition.com\/?p=331\">New Jersey Refuses to Cooperate with DOJ Investigation into Noncitizen Voting<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Anthony Fauci on Wednesday appeared before the U.S. Senate Homeland Security Committee, but pleaded the Fifth to avoid answering questions by Senator Rand Paul (R., Ky.) and others about his obfuscation of facts surrounding the Covid-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":336,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-337","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-interesting"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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