Fauci repeatedly invokes the Fifth Amendment in a contentious Senate committee hearing

The lead

Fauci repeatedly invokes the Fifth Amendment in a contentious Senate committee hearing AP News

Why this counts

What makes this worth tracking, according to AP News, is the chain of decisions it may trigger.

What precedes this

AP News notes that this did not emerge in isolation; pressures have been building around fauci.

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The lens

Signal Ledger reads this through the lens of fauci, repeatedly, invokes, fifth, amendment: Fauci repeatedly invokes the Fifth Amendment in a contentious Senate committee hearing AP News.