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Fauci’s Fifth Amendment pleas not valid under presidential pardon, Hawley says

Dr. Anthony Fauci repeatedly invoked the Fifth Amendment’s protection against self-incrimination at a Senate committee hearing Wednesday, but Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Missouri, said it doesn’t legally apply under a presidential pardon. “When you have an immunity, you can’t use the Fifth Amendment because the Fifth Amendment protects you from prosecution,” Hawley told Heartlander News in an interview Thursday. “When you’ve got immunity, you already have the protection.” Fauci appeared before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee […]

July 30, 2026

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