{"id":98536,"date":"2026-07-29T15:42:20","date_gmt":"2026-07-29T15:42:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fallsurfing.net\/firstnews\/sen-rand-paul-let-the-record-state-dr-fauci-refused-to-answer-whether-theres-a-red-folder-in-front-of-him-based-on-his-fifth-amendment-right\/"},"modified":"2026-07-29T15:42:20","modified_gmt":"2026-07-29T15:42:20","slug":"sen-rand-paul-let-the-record-state-dr-fauci-refused-to-answer-whether-theres-a-red-folder-in-front-of-him-based-on-his-fifth-amendment-right","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fallsurfing.net\/firstnews\/sen-rand-paul-let-the-record-state-dr-fauci-refused-to-answer-whether-theres-a-red-folder-in-front-of-him-based-on-his-fifth-amendment-right\/","title":{"rendered":"Sen. Rand Paul: &#8220;Let The Record State Dr. Fauci Refused To Answer Whether There&#8217;s A Red Folder In Front Of Him Based On His Fifth Amendment Right&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> Sen. Rand Paul was not amused by Dr. Anthony Fauci refusing to answer questions by &#8220;pleading the Fifth&#8221; at a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.realclearpolitics.com\/video\/2026\/07\/29\/watch_live_senate_panel_questions_fauci_about_covid-19_origins.html\">hearing designed to find out what he knew<\/a> about the lab-leak origin theory of COVID-19 and what role the US. government played in funding the Wuhan lab:  <\/p>\n<blockquote><p>SEN. RAND PAUL: Will you tell the committee why you chose to fund this dangerous research in China?  DR. ANTHONY FAUCI: On the advice of counsel, I respectfully decline to answer based upon my rights under the Fifth Amendment to the Constitution.  SEN. RAND PAUL: In the red folder on your table is a copy of Section 192 of Title 2 of the U.S. Code. Your counsel has been provided a copy as well.  That section makes it a crime for a witness appearing under subpoena to refuse to answer any question pertinent to the question under inquiry.  Do you have that in front of you?  DR. ANTHONY FAUCI: On the advice of counsel, I respectfully decline to answer based upon my rights under the Fifth Amendment to the Constitution.  SEN. RAND PAUL: Let the record reflect that the witness has refused to answer whether there is a folder in front of him based on his Fifth Amendment right.  Is it true that you&#8217;re appearing under-<br \/>\n<a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.realclearpolitics.com\/video\/2026\/07\/29\/sen_rand_paul_let_the_record_state_dr_fauci_refused_to_answer_whether_theres_a_red_folder_in_front_of_him_based_on_his_fifth_amendment_right.html\">RealClearPolitics Videos<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sen. Rand Paul was not amused by Dr. Anthony Fauci refusing to answer questions by &#8220;pleading the Fifth&#8221; at a hearing designed to find out what he knew about the lab-leak origin theory of COVID-19 and what role the US. government played in funding the Wuhan lab: SEN. RAND PAUL: Will you tell the committee [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[5996,8319,10533,16944,1170,30037,4214,1666,3073,730,4303,4373,12844,2464,7433,3581],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fallsurfing.net\/firstnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98536"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fallsurfing.net\/firstnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fallsurfing.net\/firstnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fallsurfing.net\/firstnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fallsurfing.net\/firstnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=98536"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/fallsurfing.net\/firstnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98536\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fallsurfing.net\/firstnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=98536"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fallsurfing.net\/firstnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=98536"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fallsurfing.net\/firstnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=98536"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}