Today Dr. Anthony Fauci is pleading the Fifth to questions asked by the Senate Homeland Security Committee. This hearing comes on the heels of Fauci's government "diary" being released that shows the former NIAID head not only lied repeatedly but also relished in basking in the spotlight from a fawning media. 

Fauci might have also been a bit nervous considering that the Homeland Security Committee chair is Sen. Rand Paul. 

Senator Paul's opening statement was basically a case for why Fauci's preemptive blanket pardon from President Autopen needs to be put to a legal test. 

Instead of answering questions, Fauci is taking the Fifth:

It's well past time to put that preemptive blanket pardon to the test.  

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