Anthony Fauci invokes fifth amendment right not to answer questions in Senate hearing on Covid-19 – live

GOP senator Josh Hawley, of Missouri, asks Anthony Fauci a series of questions including what day of the week it is, what color tie he’s wearing and the color of the carpet before them. Fauci repeats that he is invoking his fifth amendment right not to answer questions. Hawley then asserts that Fauci doesn’t have a fifth amendment right since he has been pardoned, and accuses Fauci of “getting rich” during the pandemic. “This is about contempt for this body and contempt for the American people,” he says. A reminder that in January last year, Joe Biden pardoned Fauci and other key figures, using the final days of his presidency to guard against what he said were “threats” by the incoming Trump administration. According to the National Constitution Center, accepting a presidential pardon means you lose the right to self-incrimination regarding the specific pardoned crimes, since you cannot be prosecuted for them any more. However, it only applies to federal laws. You therefore retain the