In contentious hearing, Fauci invoked the Fifth Amendment more than 100 times

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.

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.

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…