Explosive day on Capitol Hill, as Dr. Anthony Fauci, who served as the Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases for four decades, testified at the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Government Affairs. You can watch the hearing here.
The Committee Chairman, Senator Rand Paul, R-KY, subpoenaed Fauci to come testify late last month.
Paul is one of Fauci’s most well-known critics and has consistently blasted him during the COVID-19 pandemic and the years following it.
For years, Fauci was believed to be an insider on COVID-19’s origins and kept secrets from the American people about it, lying to millions upon millions.
This is not the first time Fauci has been under scrutiny during and after a major outbreak. In the 1980’s he was widely criticized for his handling of the HIV epidemic and his handling still in debate to this day.
Fauci’s pandemic-era diary was leaked, which raised a lot of questions and reignited speculations that Fauci was one of the key figures behind the pandemic after all.
The day before the hearing, legal expert John Yoo confirmed that Fauci could be prosecuted for his role in the pandemic, despite Fauci receiving a blanket pardon from President Joe Biden. The pardon does not cover any future lie that Fauci tells Congress under oath.
Fauci decided to invoke the Fifth Amendment throughout the hearing and refused to answer any questions.
Senator Josh Hawley, R-MO, asked Fauci basic questions during the testimony, so basic that even a child could answer them. Fauci decided to remain stubborn and kept pleading the fifth:
I asked Fauci basic questions: What day of the week is it today? What color tie are you wearing? What color is the carpet in front of you?
He pled the Fifth and refused to answer every time pic.twitter.com/fg41ZF1PqX
— Josh Hawley (@HawleyMO) July 29, 2026
Hawley then left the hearing and went scorched earth on Fauci to the press.
“Privilege is a right against self-incrimination leading to prosecution. He has received a full pardon that covers years. It is more sweeping than Hunter Biden’s par-pardons. It’s outrageous,” Hawley told TGP.
“The reason he’s not answering questions is he knows that he did wrong. He knows that he violated federal law by soliciting cash prizes using federal instrumentalities, federal employees, federal resources on federal time.”
Hawley also pointed out that Fauci received “over a million dollars in cash prizes during the pandemic.”
Senator Ron Johnson, R-WI, a vocal critic of COVID-19, said anyone suggesting this hearing is a perjury against Fauci is just an “excuse.”
“He simply cannot afford to tell the truth regarding his actions in our miserably failed attempt at COVID. He, he can’t. And what’s happening right now is ’cause we’re finally starting to get documents,” Johnson told TGP.
LindellTV’s Alison Steinberg then pressed Johnson on Fauci’s refusal to answer questions at the hearing and the blanket pardon he received from President Biden. Could Fauci still be held accountable despite these factors?
“Accountability starts with exposing the truth. We’re finally getting documents for the American people to see. I mean, I think Chairman Paul did an excellent job laying out in his opening statement literally how incriminating Fauci’s actions are, and again we’ve known this for years,” Johnson told TGP and Steinberg.
You can keep up with Steinberg’s work on Instagram and TikTok.
Senator Bernie Moreno, R-OH, exploded on Fauci during the hearing by asking him, “Who the f*ck do you think you were for doing that?”
After Moreno left the hearing he was asked by the Gateway Pundit’s Alicia Powe why Fauci was invoking the Fifth throughout the hearing and Moreno responded with “because he’s a piece of sh*t.”
Sen. Bernie Moreno didn’t hold back when @gatewaypundit asked why Fauci is suddenly taking the Fifth after testifying 200+ times:
“Because he’s a piece of shit.” pic.twitter.com/L5HuD27FHA— Alicia Powe (@aliciapoweshow) July 29, 2026
Senator Joni Ernst, R-IA, did not hold back when it was her turn to confront Fauci during the hearing.
Ernst would award Fauci her signature “squeal award,” as a way to mock him and refer to him as a pig.
Hours after the hearing, TMZ’s Charlie Cotton cornered chairman Paul at an elevator and asked him what he has to say to people that believe the hearing was just a “witch hunt” against Fauci.
Cotton then said that people on online platforms were saying that Paul was just looking for “any minor inaccuracy to trip him up and audit him.”
“I wouldn’t call fifteen million people dying minor,” Paul told TGP and Cotton.
WATCH: @TMZ‘s @hicharliecotton asked @SenRandPaul what he has to say to saying Paul “wanted to look for any minor inaccuracy to trip him up and audit him (Fauci).”
Paul’s response: “I wouldn’t call fifteen million people dying minor.” pic.twitter.com/f3goJFG3Fp
— Myles Morell (@MorellMedia) July 29, 2026
You can keep up with Cotton’s work on Instagram and X.
Today’s hearing demonstrated that Dr. Anthony Fauci still refuses to tell the American people the truth of the COVID-19 pandemic and his role in it.
The hearing went nowhere and the public still does not have answers. After years of frustrating lockdowns, vaccine mandates, and a virus whose origins are still unclear, it’s no wonder why lawmakers exploded on Fauci at today’s hearing.
Will the truth finally come out one day? Will Fauci be held accountable? After today, these things remain unclear.
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