The facts
Anthony Fauci invoked his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination at a July 2026 Senate hearing chaired by Rand Paul.
Fauci served as director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases from 1984 until his retirement in December 2022.
President Joe Biden granted Fauci a preemptive pardon in January 2025 covering potential federal offenses tied to his government service.
Rand Paul has repeatedly accused Fauci of misleading Congress about NIH funding of gain-of-function research at the Wuhan Institute of Virology.
The NIH inspector general found in 2023 that EcoHealth Alliance, a Wuhan lab subgrantee, failed to comply with federal reporting requirements.
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