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Sen. Ted Cruz became one of the first lawmakers to call for former White House medical adviser Dr. Anthony Fauci to face criminal charges Wednesday after he took the Fifth Amendment a stunning 111 times during a Senate hearing on the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n

Read more Anthony Fauci\u2019s Fifth Amendment mockery demands the Senate\u2019s contempt<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cDr. Fauci ought to think about what it says about the end of his career, that what he will be remembered for the most is pleading the Fifth more than 100 times,\u201d Cruz (R-Texas) told Fox News Digital.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s been the most damaging bureaucrat in the history of America \u2026 he should be held in contempt [of Congress], he should be prosecuted for perjury, and he should go to jail.\u201d<\/p>\n

Appearing in response to a subpoena by Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee Chairman Rand Paul (R-Ky.), the 85-year-old former head of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) declined to offer any insight into his decisions as the face of the federal COVID-19 response or his role in funding risky pathogen experiments in China, where the outbreak originated.<\/p>\n

Instead, despite receiving a sweeping pardon from former President Joe Biden covering 11 years of activities, Fauci opted to exercise his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination, enraging Republican lawmakers.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think Anthony Fauci has had contempt for Congress and contempt for the American people for decades,\u201d said Cruz. \u201cHis diary shows that he deliberately lied to the American people over and over and over again \u2026 In his diary, he wrote early on that it was clear that the COVID virus did not come from the wet market in Wuhan [China], and then he turned around and said exactly the opposite thing on national television.\u201d<\/p>\n

Read more Angry Fauci fires off an F-bomb during walk with wife hours after Senate grilling<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cIn his diary, he brags about convincing Democrats in New York and California to shut schools down, and yet he goes on TV and says, \u2018Oh, I wasn\u2019t for shutdowns,\u2019\u201d Cruz said.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThe school shutdowns, which Fauci bragged that he was responsible for, may well be the single most destructive public policy step we\u2019ve seen in decades,\u201d the Texan added. \u201cThat learning loss will stick with those kids the rest of their lives. When they\u2019re 90 years old, they will still be suffering the consequences of Anthony Fauci\u2019s corrupt and dishonest shutdowns.\u201d<\/p>\n

On the Democratic side, Sen. John Fetterman of Pennsylvania \u2014 a member of Paul\u2019s committee who suggested during the hearing that he had let partisan loyalty blind him to the possibility that the pandemic may have started with an accidental lab leak \u2014 said his GOP colleagues had gone too far by making Fauci deliver his rote response to questions for three full hours.<\/p>\n

\u201cI do think it\u2019s entirely appropriate to really hold Fauci accountable, but I don\u2019t think it\u2019s really appropriate to pound an 85-year-old man \u2026 just to try to humiliate the guy,\u201d Fetterman told NewsNation\u2019s \u201cCuomo\u201d Wednesday evening.<\/p>\n

\u201cIs it really necessary to force the dude to say, \u2018Fifth, Fifth, Fifth\u2019 111 times?\u201d<\/p>\n

Read more Law partner caught canoodling younger associate in Central Park could lose millions as lucrative offer reneged<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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