Dr. Anthony Fauci pleads the Fifth to avoid Senate questions about Covid pandemic

CNN By Sarah Owermohle, Adam Cancryn, CNN (CNN) — Dr. Anthony Fauci, who led the US government response to the Covid-19 pandemic, invoked his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination, refusing to testify Wednesday just minutes into a Capitol Hill hearing that Republicans outwardly hoped would undermine the scientist and open him to claims of perjury.