The Brief Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier announced an investigation after Dr. Anthony Fauci repeatedly invoked the Fifth Amendment during a Senate hearing. A UCF political science lecturer said invoking the Fifth Amendment throughout testimony is a common legal strategy to avoid self-incrimination. Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier said Wednesday he is launching an investigation into former White House chief medical adviser Dr. Anthony Fauci after Fauci repeatedly invoked his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination during a U.S. Senate hearing on the federal government's response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Fauci again invoked the Fifth Amendment and declined to answer. Hanley also said lawmakers appeared prepared to ask numerous questions that would require Fauci to repeatedly invoke the Fifth Amendment.