Fauci Takes the Fifth, 29 July 2026

Dear Diary... If I plead the Fifth, will I still be famous? pic.twitter.com/f0OwHbTOMO

— Secretary Kennedy (@SecKennedy) July 29, 2026

I’ve scheduled a vote next week for the HSGAC committee to vote on a resolution to certify contempt for Dr. Anthony Fauci. pic.twitter.com/XmRZKpvBTz

— Senator Rand Paul (@SenRandPaul) July 29, 2026

Anthony Fauci has decided to turn this into an all out brawl because that is all he has left. The case against him is incontrovertible. His own words have exposed lie after lie. His strategy now is to rely on the full backing of the media and his legions of brainwashed super…

— Hans Mahncke (@HansMahncke) July 29, 2026

… fans, hoping to fight the whole thing to what amounts to a draw while ensuring that the substance of what he actually did is never seriously discussed again.

It is a risky strategy, but it is the only one available to him, and for all we know, it may even work. Peter Navarro went to prison for refusing to testify, yet there is effectively a zero percent chance that a Washington DC jury would do the same to Fauci.

After all the awards, magazine covers, adulation, and years of being treated as a god, Anthony Fauci ends up looking like an ordinary crook. It is not the accountability we were hoping for, but given that no one has been held accountable for anything, seeing Fauci fall from godlike status to invoking the Fifth Amendment is not a bad outcome either.

Chairman Paul is saying that he will proceed to a contempt vote. He is correct that this would have to be resolved by the courts. He was very clever in his final questions in crafting them as confined to the period of Fauci's pardon. That will likely give his lawyer angina...

— Jonathan Turley (@JonathanTurley) July 29, 2026

… As for the waiver issue raised at the end, it is also a bit of a murky area. With Lois Lerner, she attempted to waive after answering questions. Fauci made a statement before his invocation. However, it is a bit different from Lerner since he had not been asked a question.

Fauci is facing a number of threats going forward, including state hearings. Adopting the bunker option with the invocation gave him immediate cover but could force him into court on these difficult questions.

Fauci pleaded the 5th Amendment 111 times.

Here's more on what's next, and what I took from this: pic.twitter.com/kH7DVL23Bp

— Senator Rand Paul (@SenRandPaul) July 29, 2026

… Fauci claims he is pleading the Fifth because of my so-called “obsession” with prosecuting him and because I released his "private" diary. The American people know better. He is protecting himself.

There is more to this. This is not over.