Here’s Something: Fauci’s Opening Statement May Have Just Blown Up His Own Fifth Amendment Defense

Tulsi Gabbard’s reaction to the hearing was visceral and accurate: “Smug arrogance. Zero remorse. Zero accountability.” She also reminded anyone who missed it that taxpayer dollars funded the coronavirus lab research in Wuhan, and that Fauci worked with intelligence community officials to cover it up. Her boxes of declassified documents — seized by the CIA before she could release them — reportedly contained far more of that evidence:

The contempt vote is this week. If it passes, a criminal referral goes to the Justice Department. Peter Navarro went to prison for contempt of Congress. Steve Bannon went to prison for contempt of Congress. Fauci is not legally immune from the same treatment — especially if his opening statement partially waived the very protection he’s been hiding behind.

His lawyers may have made a critical error. If Herridge’s analysis holds, Fauci opened the door he was trying to keep shut.