Leave your feedback Share Copy URL https://eevb.net/video/prAWKfSGSXA.html Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Tumblr Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Fauci refuses to answer questions during Covid hearing | BBC News [VxAKwchMTQE] Health Updated on August 05, 2026 EDT — Published on August 05, 2026 EDT Former top US health official Anthony Fauci has refused to answer questions at a tense US Senate hearing on Covid-19, saying he feared Republicans would try to use his testimony to prosecute him for perjury. He invoked the Fifth Amendment to the US Constitution - which says nobody can be "compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself" - more than 100 times. Republicans have long accused Fauci of concealing information about the pandemic from the public and lying about its dangers. He has denied wrongdoing. Fauci has called the allegations against him "simply preposterous" in previous testimony to lawmakers. Before leaving office in 2025, then-President Joe Biden issued a pre-emptive pardon to Fauci, granting him protection from any prosecution. Subscribe to our channel here: For the latest news download the BBC News app or visit BBC.com/news #BBCNews RyyPH67qHak FHDc7dZO5xL m6z8M9uHncH 2J5WHfFFWex
Former top US health official Anthony Fauci has refused to answer questions at a tense US Senate hearing on Covid-19, saying he feared Republicans would try to use his testimony to prosecute him for perjury. He invoked the Fifth Amendment to the US Constitution - which says nobody can be "compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself" - more than 100 times. Republicans have long accused Fauci of concealing information about the pandemic from the public and lying about its dangers. He has denied wrongdoing. Fauci has called the allegations against him "simply preposterous" in previous testimony to lawmakers. Before leaving office in 2025, then-President Joe Biden issued a pre-emptive pardon to Fauci, granting him protection from any prosecution. Subscribe to our channel here: For the latest news download the BBC News app or visit BBC.com/news #BBCNews RyyPH67qHak FHDc7dZO5xL m6z8M9uHncH 2J5WHfFFWex