Jump to contentThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged inAllNewsSportCultureLifestyleAnthony Fauci has invoked the Fifth Amendment throughout the Senate hearing (AP)Dr. Anthony Fauci’s Senate hearing took an even more contentious turn on Wednesday when Ohio Sen. Bernie Moreno yelled an expletive at the 85-year-old scientist. Moreno told Fauci that the 2020 pandemic lockdown requirements had him decide to sell his businesses and run for office.“Here I am, sitting in front of you six years later, saying who the f--- do you think you were for doing that?” Moreno asked. Fauci invoked his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination, declining to answer questions at a Senate hearing on Covid-19 origins and the government's pandemic response. During his opening remarks at the hearing, Fauci accused Committee Chairman Sen. Rand Paul of harboring an "obvious obsession with calling for my prosecution," reiterating his denial of Paul’s long-standing allegations.In fullRepublican Sen Bernie Moreno drops ‘F-bomb’ on TV as he questions Anthony Fauci over pandemic responseMore bulletinsThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged in

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Dr. Anthony Fauci appeared before a Senate committee Wednesday morning, days after Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., released more than 1,000 pages of his diaries.

Ex-health chief cites self-incrimination rights amid renewed Covid origins dispute