Dr Anthony Fauci declined to answer questions from Fox News Digital outside his home after a contentious Senate hearing, walking away when asked whether he regretted repeatedly invoking the Fifth Amendment. The exchange matters because it followed renewed political scrutiny of Fauci’s role in the United States’ response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Fox News reported that Fauci was asked about pleading the Fifth 111 times during the hearing and about his handling of pandemic policies. The article presented the encounter through video footage and noted that it occurred the day after the Senate hearing, without including a response from Fauci to the questions.