Fauci invokes Fifth Amendment in heated COVID-19 Senate hearing - Al Jazeera
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Fauci pleading the Fifth at a Senate COVID hearing puts the lab-leak vs. natural-spillover debate back in the spotlight — who's hiding what, and why now?
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Theory Briefing
- Fauci invoked the Fifth Amendment during a Senate hearing, refusing to answer questions about COVID-19's origins.
- Fauci has publicly stated he is open to both the lab-leak and natural spillover theories, citing more evidence for the latter.
- His decision to plead the Fifth intensifies suspicion around what institutional insiders may know but aren't saying.
- The Senate hearing reflects how the origins debate has shifted from scientific question to political and legal battleground.