WASHINGTON, July 29 (Reuters) - Anthony Fauci, the former top U.S. infectious disease expert, declined to answer questions at a Senate hearing on Wednesday, invoking his Fifth Amendment right. Anthony Fauci declined to answer any questions at a Senate hearing on COVID-19 on Wednesday, invoking his constitutional right against self-incrimination. Dr. Anthony Fauci on Wednesday invoked the Fifth Amendment and declined to answer questions from senators in a Republican-led Senate committee hearing about his handling of the COVID-19 pandemic. Fauci invokes Fifth Amendment in heated COVID-19 Senate hearing The leading physician has declined to answer Senate questions as Republicans like Rand Paul accuse him of covering up COVID’s origins. Dr. Anthony Fauci on Wednesday repeatedly invoked the Fifth Amendment and declined to answer dozens of questions from senators in a Republican-led committee hearing about his handling of the COVID. Dr. Anthony Fauci declined to answer senators’ questions at a contentious hearing Wednesday on the origins of Covid and the government’s handling of the pandemic, saying he would invoke his. Dr Anthony Fauci refused to answer questions at a high-profile Senate committee hearing on the origins of Covid-19 and accused the Republican senator leading questioning of having an “unhinged. Fauci invokes the Fifth Amendment, declines to testify in GOP-led Senate panel's COVID-19 hearing The decision, at least for now, shielded Fauci from answering questions that could expose him to. Dr. Anthony Fauci, a former top official and scientist at the National Institutes of Health, said he would invoke the Fifth Amendment and decline to answer questions during a hearing Wednesday. WASHINGTON (AP) — Dr. Anthony Fauci on Wednesday repeatedly invoked the Fifth Amendment and declined to answer dozens of questions from senators in a Republican-led committee hearing about his.