“On the advice of counsel, I respectfully decline to answer based upon my rights under the Fifth Amendment to the Constitution,” Dr. Fauci repeated almost 100 times during a nearly three-hour hearing before the Senate Homeland Security Committee. When Dr. Fauci’s lawyer, David Schertler, started to speak on Dr. Fauci’s behalf, Mr. Paul cut him off. In 2021, when the senator accused Dr. Fauci of lying while testifying before the Senate, Dr. Fauci replied, “If anybody is lying here, Senator, it is you.” Dr. Fauci has also tangled with Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., whose 2021 book, “The Real Anthony Fauci,” accused Dr. Fauci of colluding with Bill Gates, the Microsoft founder and philanthropist, and pharmaceutical companies. Benjamin Mueller, Maggie Astor and Teddy Rosenbluth contributed reporting,The post Fauci Invokes Fifth Amendment Nearly 100 Times in Bitter Senate Hearing appeared first on New York Times.