Fauci repeatedly invokes Fifth Amendment as Republicans accuse him of botching the COVID-19 response PlayHere & Now's Robin Young speaks with KFF's Julie Rovner about a Republican-led congressional hearing on Wednesday where Dr. Anthony Fauci was grilled about the COVID-19 pandemic response that he led in former President Joe Biden's administration and President Trump's first term. Fauci, who spent five decades leading government health science, invoked the Fifth Amendment when asked to defend decisions he made in the runup to the pandemic and its early days.