JAKARTA - Former leading infectious disease expert in the United States, Anthony Fauci, refused to answer questions from US senators more than 100 times during a three-hour Senate Committee hearing on the COVID-19 pandemic.
Reported by The New York Times, Fauci used his right not to answer the questions of the US lawmakers based on the Fifth Amendment of the US Constitution.
Quoted by ANTARA from Sputnik, Thursday, July 30, Fauci repeated his refusal more than 100 times. In fact, he refused to tell Senator Rand Paul about what day it was at that time, what color his tie was, or what color the carpet in front of him was.
Paul, in turn, promised his committee would consider what steps to take against Fauci, as refusing to testify in the US congressional investigation was an illegal act.
In June, Tulsi Gabbard, before resigning from her post as then-director of National Intelligence, said she had released documents detailing Fauci's various actions, including those related to research funding at a laboratory in Wuhan.
The Fauci testimony trial began after a two-year investigation, in December 2024, US Congress members stated that the corona virus was most likely from a laboratory and had spread due to a leak.
Former US President Joe Biden also granted Fauci a pardon before his term ended.
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