Fauci's Fifth Amendment: A Crisis of Trust in the Halls of Power The standoff between Dr.
Anthony Fauci and Senator Rand Paul in the Senate Homeland Security Committee has brought a long simmering crisis of trust in the nation's capital to a head.
As the two men exchanged heated words, with Fauci invoking the Fifth Amendment to avoid answering questions about the origins of COVID 19, it was clear that something more profound was at play.