前美国国家过敏和传染病研究所主任安东尼·福奇在共和党主导的参议院听证会上，因新冠疫情起源及应对政策受到质询，但在律师建议下多次援引美国宪法第五修正案拒绝作答123。这场于2026年7月30日周三举行的听证会由参议员兰德·保罗主持，福奇遭遇超过100个问题的质询3。福奇在听证会上声明："尽管这让我感到遗憾，但考虑到我对立法部门的尊重和数十年与国会合作的历史，根据我律师的建议，我将行使美国宪法第五修正案赋予我的权利，拒绝回答你们的问题。"1
保罗随后宣布将在下周推进对福奇的藐视国会投票13。保罗指责福奇在疫情起源和应对方面撒谎，同时发布了一份1141页的福奇疫情期间日记，涉及2019年12月至2022年12月期间3。共和党议员还批评福奇隐瞒疫苗不利信息、支持对军人的强制接种政策等1。福奇否认所有指控，称此举属于政治迫害3。
美国前总统拜登于2025年1月19日对福奇进行了预先赦免3。此外，155名科学家发表公开信，要求政府停止"妖魔化和骚扰美国科学家"1。关于疫情起源，FBI在2023年表示武汉实验室泄露可能导致了疫情，而CIA在2025年1月则称实验室泄露可能性较大但信心不足3。福奇曾领导美国国家过敏和传染病研究所长达38年，美国累计COVID-19死亡人数超过110万3。
Dr. Anthony Fauci, the former director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, declined to answer more than 100 questions during a Republican-led Senate hearing on Wednesday, July 30, 2026, citing his constitutional right under the Fifth Amendment 3. Appearing under subpoena on Capitol Hill, Fauci stated: "Although it pains me to do so, because of the respect I have for the legislative branch of government and my decades-long record of cooperating with Congress, under the advice of my attorneys I will invoke my right under the fifth amendment of the constitution to refrain from answering your questions" 1.
Senator Rand Paul, who led the hearing, accused Fauci of dishonesty regarding the origins of COVID-19 and the government's pandemic response, and announced plans to pursue a contempt of Congress vote against him in the following week 13. Paul released a 1,141-page compilation of Fauci's diary entries covering the period from December 2019 through December 2022 3. Republican lawmakers criticized Fauci on multiple fronts, including allegations that he concealed adverse vaccine information and supported policies mandating military vaccination 1. Fauci denied all accusations, characterizing the proceedings as political persecution 3.
The hearing came after President Joe Biden issued a preemptive presidential pardon to Fauci on January 19, 2025 3. Intelligence agencies offered competing assessments of the pandemic's origins: the FBI stated in 2023 that a laboratory leak from the Wuhan facility was a possible cause, while the CIA concluded in January 2025 that a laboratory leak was more likely but lacked sufficient confidence in that assessment 3. The United States recorded over 1.1 million COVID-19 deaths 3. Meanwhile, 155 scientists issued an open letter calling on the government to cease "demonizing and harassing American scientists" 1.
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