Fauci: “On the advice of counsel, I respectfully decline to answer based upon my rights under the Fifth Amendment to the Constitution.” Fauci: “On the advice of counsel, I respectfully decline to answer based upon my rights under the Fifth Amendment to the Constitution.” And he got it because he used federal employees to get it and this wasn’t the only award, was it Dr. Fauci? In fact, you applied for and received at least eight other federal cash prizes on federal time using federal employees and federal resources. You cannot use federal resources, federal dollars, federal employees, federal offices, federal email, federal time to solicit cash awards.