The Fifth Amendment is part of the U.S. Constitution's Bill of Rights and protects against self-incrimination.

The former top health official said he would invoke his 5th Amendment right not to testify to avoid the possibility that Republicans might try to prosecute him for perjury.

At a highly anticipated Senate hearing, Anthony Fauci evoked his Fifth Amendment right to refuse to answer questions about the Covid-19 pandemic and its origins.

Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) and other Republicans grilled Anthony Fauci about the origins of the virus that causes COVID-19.

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

Former US Chief Medical Advisor Dr Anthony Fauci invoked the Fifth Amendment during a Republican-led Senate hearing on Wednesday, declining to answer questions about his role in…