What It Means to Plead the Fifth Amendment
Anthony Fauci’s decision to invoke his Fifth Amendment right to avoid answering lawmakers’ questions about the government’s handling of the COVID pandemic during a Senate hearing on Wednesday sparked outrage from Republicans. Rand Paul, the Republican chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, said following the hearing that the panel would vote next week on whether it would recommend to hold Fauci, an infectious disease expert who helped lead the country’s pandemic response, in contempt of Congress after he pleaded the Fifth more than 100 times.
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Anthony Fauci’s decision to invoke his Fifth Amendment right to avoid answering lawmakers’ questions about the government’s handling of the COVID pandemic during a Senate hearing on Wednesday sparked outrage from Republicans. Rand Paul, the Republican chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, said following the hearing that the panel would vote next week on whether it would recommend to hold Fauci, an infectious disease expert who helped lead the country’s pandemic response, in contempt of Congress after he pleaded the Fifth more than 100 times. Here’s what to know about the Fifth Amendment, why Fauci invoked it, and if he can be held in contempt of Congress for doing so. The Fifth Amendment was ratified in 1791 as part of the Bill of Rights.
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- Anthony Fauci’s decision to invoke his Fifth Amendment right to avoid answering lawmakers’ questions about the government’s handling of the COVID pandemic during a Senate hearing on Wednesday sparked outrage from Republicans. Rand Paul, the Republican chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, said following the hearing that the panel would vote next week on whether it would recommend to hold Fauci, an infectious disease expert who helped lead the country’s pandemic response, in contempt of Congress after he pleaded the Fifth more than 100 times.
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