Yesterday the Senate Homeland Security Committee had a hearing featuring testimony from Dr. Anthony Fauci. However, the only testimony Fauci gave was an opening statement, after which he pleaded the Fifth Amendment 111 times. The Atlantic reported the hearing as being full of "unchallenged allegations" about Fauci:Anthony Fauci’s committee hearing was a spectacle of unchallenged allegations and distorted facts—to which the former NIAID director had one response, @KatherineJWu and @danengber write. Well, Fauci could have challenged the “unchallenged” allegations - Especially since he already has a blanket pardon. — darl (@duhrail_1) July 30, 2026Everything The Atlantic publishes is intended to make their readers stay that way.