Posted on 07/29/2026 10:25:43 AM PDT by RandFan
@RandPaul
Instead of answering our very serious questions, Anthony Fauci pleaded the 5th 111 times throughout our hearing.
This is where we go from here.
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Caveat: It ain't short.
If answering those questions would incriminate him, then just deem him convicted.
When a person who has received a presidential pardon invokes the Fifth Amendment before Congress, it suggests that the witness believes truthful answers could expose him to criminal liability not eliminated by the pardon. That may indicate the pardon does not cover the conduct being questioned, but the invocation alone does not prove either criminal conduct or a gap in the pardon.
I thought it was 101 times.
https://freerepublic.com/focus/news/4389760/posts?page=61#61
I guess I didn’t over bid after all. (102 there) /s
There was a 1967 Supreme Court Case, Garrity v. New Jersey. Garrity was a NJ police officer who was suspected of being involved in a ticket-fixing scheme. During the investigation by his department, Garrity was advised of his rights as a criminal suspect, but was also told that as a condition of employment, his employer (the police department) was requiring him to provide a statement.
SCOTUS ruled that because there was the administrative threat of being fired for not providing a statement, the statement Garrity rendered to the investigators had been compelled/coerced and violated his right against self-incrimination. The evidence was thrown out and SCOTUS overturned his conviction.
With a civilian employer conducting an internal administrative investigation, there's generally no issue with compelling an employee's statement as a matter of employment since the employer has no power to prosecute the employee. Fire, yes, but not prosecute.
When the employer is the government, it becomes a little more delicate, and so analogous to a Miranda Warning, a government employee may find themselves on the receiving end of a Garrity Warning, which essentially advises the employee that they don't have to answer any questions that could implicate them in a crime and that no disciplinary action will be taken for refusing to answer questions; however, their silence may be considered by the employer (i.e. government agency) in administrative proceedings regarding the case, and that any statements they do make could be used as evidence in a criminal matter.
On the flip side of the coin, the (government) employer can elect to assert its authority as an employer and compel a statement as a condition of employment, in which case the employee is given a Kalkines Warning advising the employee that they must cooperate with an administrative investigation but that their statements will not be used against them in any criminal proceedings and the findings of the investigation will be insulated from any criminal investigation into matter.
All that said, Fauci is a retired government employee, and not sure how it works with his pension, but in a just world, that should be something that can, should and would be held over his head to compel his cooperation and duty to answer questions.
with a pardon?
the 5 would not apply to any pardoned offense. Since he was pardoned.
1) Pardon doesn’t cover State crimes.
2) He clearly doesn’t trust President Autopen’s pardon to survive judicial scrutiny.
Anybody who actually wants him to talk will have to arrange a really airtight immunity agreement.
What we have here is a dirtbag with a good lawyer.
Nor should he trust it. It’ll fall apart if challenged and I suspect it will be
Do you think James Talarico still plays with his Fauci action figure? https://t.co/ZdTxxzoktN— Brandon Gill (@realBrandonGill) July 29, 2026
we can hope all he does is play with it and not give it the hamster treatment.
Hopefully it's because he's in deep sh*t.
So you boys are OK with letting him off the hook.
Right now, the most this little smurf can get is one year in jail and a thousand dollar fine for contempt of congress.
He had absolute immunity because Biden pardoned him.
And the MFKR is responsible for the deaths of 7.1 million worldwide.
Nice opinion you boys are reliant on.
Don’t call me boy and at no time did I saw he should be let off the hook
I’ll call you want i dam well please.
And you’ll sit there and take it like you should.
lol whatever stokes your tiny ego
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