(The Center Square) – Former National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Director Anthony Fauci and leader of the White House House COVID-19 Response Team was back in the national spotlight last week when he repeatedly exorcized his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination at a congressional hearing.

U.S. Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., subpoenaed Fauci after obtaining more than 1,000 pages of the former director’s pandemic-era personal musings. Paul said they showed a discrepancy between Fauci’s public health decisions and statements and his personal beliefs, as well as clear indications of what he said was unethical conduct. Republican leaders used Fauci’s writings to underscore their repeated accusations that he knowingly misled the American people and attempted to profit off of the health emergency. But whether any of those accusations or others will lead to legal consequences for Fauci remains unknown. 

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