# Fauci had every right to take the Fifth

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/fauci-had-every-right-to-take-the-fifth/
- Published: 2026-08-05T13:30:00+00:00
- Original publisher: The Hill (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://thehill.com/opinion/criminal-justice/6007564-hawley-contempt-vote-threatened/
- Topics: Art, Culture, Politics

## Summary

Public criticism of Fauci's decision to invoke the Fifth Amendment has been conspicuously silent on whether he reasonably believed that he would otherwise be vulnerable to a vindictive prosecution by Trump's Department of Justice.

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