Fauci wouldn't even answer what colour of tie he was wearing ! there is no 'gotcha' moment with such a question..and his right to plead the 5th is mitigated by his Biden autopen pardon..as he has immunity he is bound to answer the questions or be held in contempt which he will now be.

He had the perfect opportunity to come clean but chose to carry on with the cover-up.

Trump: Generally speaking, the Republican Governors did very well, the Democratic Governors did not very well — (video @30secs).

Facts matter.......

JAMA Health Forum found COVID outcomes split along partisan lines. Red states rolling back mandates saw 13–17% more excess deaths, while blue states with strong mandates had 10–21% fewer.
Mask use, mobility, and vaccination explained most of the gap. Trump’s framing of mandates as government overreach politicized a medical emergency, and acceptance of his rhetoric translated into higher mortality

http://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama-health-forum/fullarticle/2821581

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11 hours ago, LosLobo said:

Fauci’s pardon only covers federal crimes, not state crimes. He should have the right to invoke the Fifth Amendment to protect himself from potential state prosecution. Therefore, he should not be considered in contempt of Congress, as suggested by Rand, simply for exercising that constitutional right.

So you admit he probably committed crimes

Good for him! Don't play their shameful game!

13 hours ago, impulse said:

And every few months, we hear about some virus or bacteria that may trigger the next plandemic.

Perhaps Americans don't want to see a rinse and repeat of probably the most dystopian and expensive evil ever foisted on us. There will be another pandemic. If there are no consequences after the last one (other than Fauci and Pharma getting rich), they'll do it again. Guaranteed.

The exact opposite is happening. America will rinse and repeat because the focus is on a man for a scapegoat not on prevention of pandemics. The rest of the world are as prepared as they can be for the next one but backwater America wants to pretend it caused no harm other than the vaccines! 😂😂😂

Possible reasons why Fauci got a preemptive pardon. A few details that come to light from the DNI.

Lab leak came from Wuhan,Fauci influenced and manipulated IC assessments to hide the fact. Because of his cover up he lied to congress in previous visits to oversight hearings.

16 hours ago, sqwakvfr said:

In criminal court I have seen defendants invoke the 5th Amendment while on the stand but never in my life have I seen anyone invoke the 5th 111 times while under oath. Could this be some kind of record?

Nah. Far from it.

Donald Trump: He invoked his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination more than 440 times during a four-hour deposition in August 2022. Apart from stating his name at the very beginning, he replied "same answer" to all subsequent questions regarding his real estate company and financial asset valuations. https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/trump-deposed-ny-ag-civil-probe-business-practices-rcna42355

Eric Trump: As the executive vice president of the Trump Organization, he invoked the Fifth Amendment about 500 times during a six-hour deposition in October 2020. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-01-19/eric-trump-invoked-fifth-amendment-about-500-times-n-y-ag-says

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4 hours ago, Peabody said:

Nah. Far from it.

Donald Trump: He invoked his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination more than 440 times during a four-hour deposition in August 2022. Apart from stating his name at the very beginning, he replied "same answer" to all subsequent questions regarding his real estate company and financial asset valuations. https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/trump-deposed-ny-ag-civil-probe-business-practices-rcna42355

Eric Trump: As the executive vice president of the Trump Organization, he invoked the Fifth Amendment about 500 times during a six-hour deposition in October 2020. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-01-19/eric-trump-invoked-fifth-amendment-about-500-times-n-y-ag-says

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A difference is both Trumps (they are not good people) invoked the 5th during depositions but the esteemed scientist invoked the 5th 111 times during a 3 hour hearing in front of a national audience. This after receiving a presidential pardon. The only person who received a similar type of pardon is some dude named Hunter. Malibu is great this time of year and maybe Hunter is enjoying a beverage on his deck while the sun goes down.

When science becomes a political weapon — and the U.S. has seen this before, from climate denial to vaccine skepticism. While overall trust in science remains stable, it’s sharply polarized, with conservative confidence dropping over decades. This divide doesn’t mean the nation is doomed, but it does weaken informed decision-making, erode public health, and chip away at America’s global scientific leadership. The real risk isn’t disagreement — it’s when facts are treated as partisan loyalty tests. That’s when progress stalls.

When people start politicizing science, you are then supporting a nation in decline. Much like certain posters on AN who politicize facts and people of sense ignore them, so the world will recoil from Americas foolishness.

On 7/30/2026 at 12:24 PM, Purdey said:

Fauci is an educated scientist. Paul is an optician - sorry, ophthalmologist.

Fauci pointed out from the start that he has given testimony previously with the same questions and answers. He knows very well that Paul is waiting for a stupid gotcha moment and refused to play that game. Good for him.

In a way this is how the clergy treated Galileo with his infernal telescope way back then. Fauci has more scientific knowledge and human dignity in his little finger than the 'GOP' has in its entire membership. The US is clearly no longer part of the enlightenment. Hence its new friends like Putin, Little Rocket Boy and the esteemed members of the 'Board of Peace' (for chrissakes)

The development began back in the nowties when GWB was reelected on a blatant anti enlightenment platform. I said back then to an American colleague of mine that it sent chills down my spine. That the first time may have been a judicial coup, but this was the electorate knowingly turning away from the enlightenment. He said I shouldn't worry, that it would pass. Now look what we have on display here as primitive Trumpian goons shout down and insult people like Fauci.

Well done DOCTOR Fauci. I wouldn't dignify those mental peasants with a reply either.

Edited July 31Jul 31 by BusyB
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7 minutes ago, BusyB said:

Fauci has more scientific knowledge and human dignity in his little finger than the 'GOP'

You are looking down the wrong end of the telescope.

Fauci is a crime against humanity !

A breakdown of the GOP’s attempt to turn Fauci’s old diary entries into a scandal — and how the hearing devolved into pure political theater.

25 minutes ago, johng said:

You are looking down the wrong end of the telescope.

Fauci is a crime against humanity !

I normally don't dignify comments like this even with a thumbs down.

But this time was different. And you are clearly an aberration of natural selection.

On 7/29/2026 at 9:54 PM, Sully_ said:

GOP Florida senator Rick Scott was close, he invoked the Fifth Amendment 75 times in his criminal Medicare fraud trial.

That’s misleading. Scott didn’t invoke the Fifth Amendment, which protects individuals from self-incrimination, 75 times in response to questions about whether his former hospital company, Columbia/HCA, committed Medicare fraud. In fact, Scott said he was never questioned by federal investigators in the criminal case involving his former company.

Instead, Scott avoided answering questions when being deposed for a 2000 civil case between Columbia/HCA and a communications company, which accused Columbia/HCA of breaching the terms of a contract. Only once did “Columbia’s improper billing practices” come up during the proceedings, according to a transcript of the deposition.

https://www.factcheck.org/2014/06/floridas-medicare-fraud-flashback/

Brilliant video compilation on the "modern-day Mengele" Fauci's lies.

Naturally the only logical next step is a quiet retirement in a cell.

Fauci's CV:

AIDS Era (1980s–1990s)

AZT (zidovudine)

Foster children clinical trials

COVID-19
Gain-of-function research and EcoHealth/Wuhan funding

Origins narrative and communication

Changing public guidance

Animal Testing

Beagle and other dog experiments

Sedated beagles with heads placed in mesh cages exposed to sand flies

Cordectomy (vocal cord cutting) in some lab settings to reduce barking.

Edited July 31Jul 31 by FinChin67

From the hearing transcript -- Sen. Blumenthal (DEM) referring to Dr. Fauci's opening statement:

And he (Fauci) cites as well the statements of the Chairman (Paul), which indicate a clear intent that the result of this proceeding be a prosecution. Quote, " The power of some of us must be used for good, like putting Fauci in jail." That's from December 23, 2025. "I want to give him a subpoena and a jail cell." Also from December of 2025. The first was 2024. Those kinds of statements by the chairman of a committee in tweets certainly provide a well-founded fear that the proceeding underway is simply an effort to trap Dr. Fauci in some kind of criminal wrongdoing.

NB So as the intentions of Sen. Paul are well established, Dr. Fauci and his counsel decided better just to say nothing in response to all queries including the color of his tie.

In 2022, Fauci was asked how he would respond if Republicans investigated him.

His answer: “I have nothing to hide, and I can defend everything I’ve done and every decision I’ve made.”

Mengele jr. replied nothing and received blanket pardon from autopen.

31 minutes ago, FinChin67 said:

His answer: “I have nothing to hide, and I can defend everything I’ve done and every decision I’ve made.”

He also made the distinction above between legitimate congressioinal oversight and character assassination.

3 minutes ago, JerryM said:

He also made the distinction above between legitimate congressioinal oversight and character assassination.

Hiding behind his blanket pardon and still not answering any questions.

Coward.

He belongs in jail.

7 minutes ago, FinChin67 said:

Hiding behind his blanket pardon and still not answering any questions.

Coward.

He belongs in jail.

That's up to a DoJ indictment -- not a Congressional hearing.

20 minutes ago, JerryM said:

That's up to a DoJ indictment -- not a Congressional hearing.

There’s a congressional hearing going on where a guy’s testifying in front of Congress who got a 10-year complete immunity for all the crimes that he possibly could have committed when he wasn’t convicted of any crimes, which is an incredible precedent that’s never happened before.

You’ve never had a weasel like this get pardoned for something that he was never convicted of for 10 years… and then you have that same guy testifying in front of Congress, pleading the Fifth on what color his tie is.

Must be triple boosted to defend a sick coward like Fauci (I attached a coping video for all his fans).

Fauci belongs to jail.

Little reminder from history:

Kary Mullis invented PCR (Polymerase Chain Reaction) and won the 1993 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. In this 1996 interview, here’s what he said about Anthony Fauci:

Fauci doesn’t really know anything about the underlying science (Mullins says: “I would tell him that to his face.”) Fauci doesn’t understand electron microscopy.

Fauci doesn’t understand medicine.

He described Fauci as an administrator rather than a scientist actively doing the work. He said Fauci repeatedly declined invitations to publicly debate him. This wasn’t said after COVID. It was said 24 years before the pandemic by the inventor of one of the most important tools in modern molecular science.

So Republican state AG's are lining saying, he may be immune from federal charges but, as for state charges, he must be guilty of SOMETHING

8 hours ago, temuFarang said:

That’s misleading. Scott didn’t invoke the Fifth Amendment, which protects individuals from self-incrimination, 75 times in response to questions about whether his former hospital company, Columbia/HCA, committed Medicare fraud. In fact, Scott said he was never questioned by federal investigators in the criminal case involving his former company.

Instead, Scott avoided answering questions when being deposed for a 2000 civil case between Columbia/HCA and a communications company, which accused Columbia/HCA of breaching the terms of a contract. Only once did “Columbia’s improper billing practices” come up during the proceedings, according to a transcript of the deposition.

https://www.factcheck.org/2014/06/floridas-medicare-fraud-flashback/

1. The Invocations: Scott declined to answer 75 questions—ranging from inquiries about company business practices to basic questions like whether he was employed—by stating he was declining on the advice of counsel.

2. The Healthcare Fraud: Prior to the deposition, Columbia/HCA faced a massive federal investigation into systemic Medicare and Medicaid fraud. The hospital chain eventually pleaded guilty to 14 felonies and paid a record $1.7 billion in fines and settlements.

He was literally CEO of Columbia/HCA at the time of the fraud and was declining on the advice of counsel because it would incriminate him in the fraud case. But by all means whitewash Scott .

Federal Investigation and Scandal

• 1997 Raids: Federal agents raided Columbia/HCA offices in the spring of 1997 looking into systematic billing fraud.

• CEO Resignation: Richard Scott was forced to resign by the board of directors as investigations intensified.

2 hours ago, FinChin67 said:

Little reminder from history:

Kary Mullis invented PCR (Polymerase Chain Reaction) and won the 1993 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. In this 1996 interview, here’s what he said about Anthony Fauci:

Fauci doesn’t really know anything about the underlying science (Mullins says: “I would tell him that to his face.”) Fauci doesn’t understand electron microscopy.

Fauci doesn’t understand medicine.

He described Fauci as an administrator rather than a scientist actively doing the work. He said Fauci repeatedly declined invitations to publicly debate him. This wasn’t said after COVID. It was said 24 years before the pandemic by the inventor of one of the most important tools in modern molecular science.

I wonder if the fluorescent raccoon told him to say that.

So the guy who talked to a fluorescent raccoon said something about him 24 years ago, k

Lets not forget who Kary Mullis was, he was widely known for his intense personal eccentricities, heavy use of psychedelic drugs like LSD, and extreme skepticism toward the fields of psychology and psychiatry.

Mullis openly criticized modern mental health workers and psychologists, calling them "well-paid incompetents" and "modern witch doctors"

He expressed public belief in astrology, UFOs, and the paranormal, and claimed to have once had a conversation with a fluorescent raccoon ghost

Lifestyle and Behavior

• Psychedelic Use: He was famously candid about his past heavy use of LSD, crediting it at times with helping him grasp complex concepts, though it also created professional friction and led prosecutors to question his sobriety during high-profile contexts.

• Legal and Personal Turmoil: He lived a disruptive lifestyle, married and divorced multiple times, and in the early 1990s faced domestic abuse charges involving a companion, for which he completed court-ordered counseling.

4 hours ago, JerryM said:

So Republican state AG's are lining saying, he may be immune from federal charges but, as for state charges, he must be guilty of SOMETHING

More proof he was wise in saying nothing.

And just imagine if now a pandemic like COVID-19 would start, what a mess it would be with the current administration.

15 minutes ago, Schoggibueb said:

And just imagine if now a pandemic like COVID-19 would start, what a mess it would be with the current administration.

The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) is one of the 27 institutes and centers that make up the National Institutes of Health (NIH), an agency of the United States Department of Health and Human Services. NIAID's mission is to conduct basic and applied research to better understand, treat, and prevent infectious, immunologic, and allergic diseases.

....

On April 30, 2025, Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. ordered all research stopped at the lab amidst similar cuts to health programs in the United States.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Institute_of_Allergy_and_Infectious_Diseases

Edited August 1Aug 1 by Schoggibueb
Correction

15 hours ago, LosLobo said:

A breakdown of the GOP’s attempt to turn Fauci’s old diary entries into a scandal — and how the hearing devolved into pure political theater.

Fox News:
Fauci killed millions.

And in same breath:
Fauci shut down the country over a virus he knew wasn't that deadly.

Schrödinger's Fauci.
MAGA — pick a box. You can't have it both ways.