Reporter's Notebook: Why Fauci's 111 Fifth Amendment pleas could end up before the courts

Silence is golden. But actions speak louder than words. That’s the solution which Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Rand Paul , R-Ky., is engineering for the reticence of Dr. Anthony Fauci. The head of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases for 38 years, Fauci invoked the Fifth Amendment a staggering 111 times when appearing under subpoena before Paul’s panel this week. RAND PAUL SEEKS CONTEMPT CHARGES AFTER FAUCI INVOKES FIFTH AMENDMENT MORE