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# Fauci invokes 5th Amendment during COVID origins hearing
- URL: https://www.cascadepbs.org/show/newshour/extras/hot-seat-1785351785/
- Published: 2026-07-30T00:00:38.000Z
- Updated: 2026-07-30T02:30:36.000Z
- Description: Fauci invokes 5th Amendment right during GOP-led hearing on COVID origins
- Author: Cascade PBS Staff
- Tags: PBS News Hour, #ZZZ_Show_fe87d6dc-6a0c-4ffb-800c-e787276ea730, #v1.7, #ZZZ_Extra_d14a48e4-4ff2-499c-8983-37e1e19b885a, #extra

Dr. Anthony Fauci, the face of America's COVID response, repeatedly invoked his Fifth Amendment right before a Senate committee on Wednesday. The hearing, chaired by Republican Sen. Rand Paul, was meant to probe the origins of COVID-19 and whether Fauci misled Congress and the public. Fauci called Paul's pursuit of him an "unhinged obsession." Ali Rogin reports.