Anthony Fauci invokes Fifth Amendment in Rand Paul Senate hearing
Summary
This episode covers Dr. Anthony Fauci's decision to plead the Fifth during a Senate hearing chaired by Rand Paul, who accused him of covering up the origins of the coronavirus. NPR correspondent Jonathan Lambert discusses Paul's release of Fauci's private notes and the ongoing dispute over whether the virus leaked from a lab or jumped from animals. The segment highlights Fauci's claim that the hearing is a vendetta and notes that President Biden had preemptively pardoned him.
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Introduction to Trump's Terms podcast
Fauci declines to answer questions at Senate hearing
Context: Paul's vendetta and Fauci pleading the fifth
Debate over COVID origins and Fauci's diary entries
Conclusion of the Fauci hearing segment
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