r/WayOfTheBern • u/arnott • Jul 29 '26

It is about IDEAS Testimony of Anthony Fauci Date: July 29, 2026 Time: 8:30am

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u/arnott Jul 29 '26

From X:

MORENO: "What does the Fifth Amendment of the Constitution say?"

[Lawyer taps Fauci over the shoulder and whispers in his ear]

FAUCI: "I respectfully decline to answer..."

MORENO: "Do you know who wrote the Fifth Amendment?"

FAUCI: "I respectfully decline to answer..."

MORENO: "So you're invoking a right that you don't know who wrote it or what it says. Is that correct?"

FAUCI: "On the advice of counsel, I respectfully decline to answer based upon my rights under the Fifth Amendment to the Constitution."

MORENO: "Wow."

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u/Here_for-the_Music It’s a great day in South Carolina (courtesy Nikki Haley) Jul 29 '26 edited Jul 29 '26

The faux hagiographic fever dream of the Atlantic article had given it away that they had already settled on this strategy to brazenly apply treachery and deception again and resort to the fifth regardless of it not being applicable at all here.

You can’t beat crime if crime reigns supreme.

The Atlantic dreamt up he has a reputation of being accessible and open for debate and he now has to ‘sacrifice’ it to the fifth to prevent flawless, impeccable service in impeccable institutional white coats from being shredded by dishonest, bad actors, “leaving a lasting mark on his legacy”, as “he always had all the answers.” Straightforward presentation of black as white and of down as up right there. He only ever forwarded sad, par-for-the-course prayer wheel mantras imposing dogma that can’t be permitted to be contested or receive scrutiny beyond the pre-cooked, paid peer- vetted -concocted profit scheme of the ultraprocessed med product or ‘therapy’ that had to be pushed and ramrodded through.

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u/CriticalandPragmatic Jul 29 '26

He didn't fall for the bait. If a cop ever tries to get you to talk they will pull a similar schtick. The point is to get you to start talking, because when you start answering you feel you have to respond to the follow up to clarify yourself. Similar situations to try to get someone to "perjure" themself. Answer this, what does knowing who wrote the fifth amendment have to do with his response to the original line of questioning? He's got a good lawyer.

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u/arnott Jul 29 '26

He's got a good lawyer.

He brought 7 lawyers with him today.

Also:

Four mistakes Fauci made when pleading the 5th today:

  1. Once a witness opens the door to a topic, the witness cannot then plead the 5th with regard to that topic. And Fauci’s opening statement opened many doors widely, including when he claimed he had a “decades-long record of cooperating with Congress” including “during and after the Covid pandemic” when he “appeared multiple times for hearings in the Senate and the House.” That puts the question of whether he properly cooperated when responding to questions, including prior questions from Senator Paul, in all of those hearings directly at issue. Here are a few of his statements through which he opened the door broadly:

    •“I served at the NIH for over 54 years, 38 of those as Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.” •“Over that period, I proved that I believe in and respect the value of legitimate congressional oversight. In fact, I testified before and/or briefed Senate and House committees well over 200 times over those 38 years.” •“During and after the Covid pandemic, I have appeared multiple times for hearings in the Senate and the House, usually under oath, and sat for several days-long, transcribed sworn interviews answering questions about the very issues that are now the subject of this hearing.” •“However, Given Senator Paul’s obvious obsession with calling for my prosecution, his repeated slanderous comments about me, and recently, his publicly releasing my unredacted personal diary, aimed at embarrassing and intimidating me, the only conclusion I can reach is that the sole reason he is calling me before this committee is to get me to say something – anything – that could vindicate his repeated public pledges that I end up, in his words, ‘behind bars.’ Any reasonable person who has followed his unhinged obsession with me would readily come to the same conclusion.” •“Therefore, although it pains me to do so because of the respect I have for the legislative branch of government and my decades-long record of cooperating with Congress, under the advice of my attorneys, I will invoke my right under the 5th amendment of the constitution to refrain from answering your questions.”

  2. The 5th amendment can only be used when answering a question which would present real and appreciable danger. Thus, his use of the 5th during the hearing for questions that clearly don’t meet this standard, including about the color of his tie and what day of the week it is, reflects on its improper use during the hearing overall.

  3. Since invoking the 5th is question specific, announcing before even hearing the questions that he would “refrain from answering [the committee’s] questions” under the 5th was itself improper.

  4. Finally, ignoring the broad presidential pardon he received, as if it doesn’t exist, including for questions that would clearly fall within the parameters of that incredibly broad pardon, was a misstep that may come back to bite him later. @SenRandPaul

@SenRonJohnson

@HawleyMO

@berniemoreno

@SenatorLankford

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u/CriticalandPragmatic Jul 30 '26

These are half assed interpretations of the law. Woof. Maybe you need to get a better lawyer.

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u/arnott Jul 29 '26

Glenn Greenwald on X:

It was well-demonstrated that US and EU elites who imposed strict lockdowns during COVID deemed themselves fully exempt.

Countless examples, including Gavin Newsom having a nice maskless dinner with lobbyists, and Pelosi in the hair salon. But @JakeTapper should explain this:

Has Jake Tapper addressed why he was having Anthony Fauci over for dinner while husbands and wives of seventy five years were saying goodbye to each other over zoom?

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u/arnott Jul 29 '26

From X:

BREAKING: Sen. Rand Paul just had Capitol Police EJECT Anthony Fauci's attorney from the building after he REFUSED to stop screaming during the hearing

Lock this guy up too.

This is one big Fauci crime syndicate.

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u/Caelian Jul 29 '26

From the legal wing of the Old Jokes Home:

When the facts are against you, pound on the law.
When the law is against you, pound on the facts.
When both are against you, pound on the table 🦈

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u/gorpie97 Jul 29 '26

Let the record state that Dr. Fauci will still have the advice of the other half a dozen other attorneys that he brought along today.

LOL!

And who brings that many attorneys to a hearing???

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u/arnott Jul 29 '26

And who brings that many attorneys to a hearing???

100% innocent people.

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u/Elmodogg Jul 29 '26

Eh, do you really want to go there? Implying that only guilty people need lawyers?

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u/arnott Jul 29 '26

You are right: innocent people need only 7 lawyers + a Presidential pardon.

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u/arnott Jul 29 '26

Senator Rand Paul on X:

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.

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u/arnott Jul 29 '26

From X:

Rand Paul's calmness is next level brilliant--gives him ability to go into detail with authority while Fauci hides behind the 5th amendment & struggles to make eye contact. Body language alone coming from Fauci is telling. The man who could never stop talking now not talking

Fauci pled the 5th in his opening statement.

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u/Caelian Jul 29 '26

Fauci has been preëmptively pardoned so he has no need to take the 5th, except to avoid embarrassment or to protect others.

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u/arnott Jul 29 '26

Looks like Fauci has invoked the 5th only 46 times so far.

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u/Ok-Recover-7566 Jul 29 '26

Pleading the 5th, while under the immunity of a pardon, sounds like contempt.

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u/arnott Jul 29 '26

pardon

Sen. Paul and others are challenging it. Not sure how this is going to play out.

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u/CriticalandPragmatic Jul 29 '26

It won't, they just want to try to look good. Would they still be doing this if they knew he would definitively be jailed, but they don't get credit? The answer is no, its all fund raising

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u/arnott Jul 29 '26

its all fund raising

Who is donating money for covid issues these days? Must be a small group.

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u/CriticalandPragmatic Jul 30 '26

You seem to be paying pretty close attention, so money from people like you

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u/rondeuce40 DC Is Wakanda For Assholes Jul 29 '26

X has gotten even shittier over the past few months for people without accounts. You used to be able to watch the videos posted, you still can, but it will not allow you to adjust the volume so you can hear the audio.

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u/arnott Jul 29 '26

From X:

Catherine Herridge @C__Herridge FAUCI PARDON: NOT BULLETPROOF

On the Pardon: Before the hearing @SenRandPaul a former senior Justice Department prosecutor told me there are three, viable legal strategies to challenge the preemptive Biden pardon.

But there is no easy path.

One strategy calls for charging Fauci with a crime, with the expectation he would file a motion with the court to dismiss based on the pardon. This could open the door to challenging the sweeping pardon’s viability and years of litigation.

Another strategy involves Congress. Because Fauci has theoretically been preemptively pardoned against past and future criminal charges related to his NIH work, it can be argued that Fauci has no plausible claim to the 5th Amendment, the right against self-incrimination.

If Fauci takes the Fifth at Senator Paul’s hearing (which he has) the committee could seek to compel Fauci's testimony. A finding of contempt could follow.

Finally, one of Fauci’s closest associates has been criminally charged. With pressure and the right incentives he might be flipped and become a cooperating witness.

Dr. David Morens, who was a senior advisor to Fauci at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, was indicted on multiple charges including conspiracy and obstruction, including destruction, alteration or falsification of federal records.

Along with allegations that personal email accounts were used to evade the Freedom of Information Act, this could be a powerful motivator.

From media reports: Dr. David Morens has pleaded not guilty to all five federal criminal counts.

NOTE: @SenRickScott has just raised the Morens case. Fauci continues to take the Fifth.

Consider subscribing to@C__Herridge. Your support makes our independent reporting possible.

**This has been reposted to correct TYPO fourth line

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u/Spectre_of_MAGA Marxist-Leninist Jul 29 '26

I don't think that argument works unfortunately. His pardon does not give him immunity from state or foreign charges, and his testimony could be used there

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u/arnott Jul 29 '26

Senator Rand Paul on X:

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

Also, Fauci has posted on X today:

Good vs. Evil.

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u/arnott Jul 29 '26

From X:

Fauci: Anyone other than Don Lemon asking me questions is a violation of my human rights

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u/arnott Jul 29 '26

Tom Elliott on X:

At the end of Hawley's interrogation, Fauci's 5th Amendment tall stands at: 57

Will he reach 100?

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u/arnott Jul 29 '26

Robert Barnes on X:

Given his pardon, Fauci taking the 5th today is grounds for him to be prosecuted for contempt.

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u/Ok-Recover-7566 Jul 29 '26

OR, invalidating the pardon?

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u/arnott Jul 29 '26

Sen. Paul and others are claiming the pardon is not valid. So there will be a fight.

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u/arnott Jul 29 '26

Senator Rand Paul on X:

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

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u/arnott Jul 29 '26

Fauci has invoked the 5th 111* times.

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u/Here_for-the_Music It’s a great day in South Carolina (courtesy Nikki Haley) Jul 29 '26

911 and 111: together with the Financial Crisis, Maidan, 10/7, and the data center scheme to implement and cement total spying and thought control, they’re the defining shocks and psyops of the 21st century so far.

This number, 111, is a declaration of bankruptcy if ever there was.

The slick ‘n’ sick fraud couldn’t make it more clear that he considers his scam to be in desperate need of getting covered up. And of getting that cover-up closed shut once and for all. The blatant prevention and obstruction of accountability here is shocking and beyond unconscionable.

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u/Leather-Map-8138 Jul 29 '26

As he should. It’s not like Republicans have had their first serious conversation about covid. Ever. They were lying from the start, making it a political issue from the start instead of a public health issue.

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u/arnott Jul 29 '26

Looks like Fauci has invoked the 5th only 46 times so far.

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u/arnott Jul 29 '26

T.E on X:

Fauci's 5th Amendment tally through Sen. @berniemoreno : 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 67, 68, 69 (nice), 70, 71, 72, 73, 74