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What happenedDr. Anthony Fauci, who helped lead the U.S. response during the COVID-19 pandemic, invoked the Fifth Amendment amid plans to testify before the Senate on Wednesday and will refrain from answering questions.
The headline splitThe left frames it as "Fauci invokes 5th in hearing, citing Rand Paul's "unhinged obsession"". The right frames it as "Fauci Invokes 5th Amendment More Than 100 Times; Trump: US Will Be Hitting Iran Very Hard".
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WHAT EACH SIDE EMPHASIZED
Left / center-leftFauci invokes 5th in hearing, citing Rand Paul's "unhinged obsession"
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CenterFauci invokes Fifth Amendment, declines to testify in Republican-led COVID-19 Senate hearing
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Right / center-rightMoms for Liberty co-founder rips Fauci after Fifth Amendment plea, 'America deserves an apology'
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In response to angry, sometimes mocking, questions from Republican senators, Dr. Fauci declined to answer more than 50 times during the Senate hearing.
Fauci repeatedly invokes the Fifth Amendment in a contentious Senate committee hearing
In response to angry, sometimes mocking, questions from Republican senators, Dr. Fauci declined to answer more than 50 times during the Senate hearing.
Fauci repeatedly invokes the Fifth Amendment in a contentious Senate committee hearing
In response to angry, sometimes mocking, questions from Republican senators, Dr. Fauci declined to answer more than 50 times during the Senate hearing.
Fauci repeatedly invokes the Fifth Amendment in a contentious Senate committee hearing
In response to angry, sometimes mocking, questions from Republican senators, Dr. Fauci declined to answer more than 50 times during the Senate hearing.
Fauci repeatedly invokes the Fifth Amendment in a contentious Senate committee hearing
In response to angry, sometimes mocking, questions from Republican senators, Dr. Fauci declined to answer more than 50 times during the Senate hearing.
Fauci repeatedly invokes the Fifth Amendment in a contentious Senate committee hearing
In response to angry, sometimes mocking, questions from Republican senators, Dr. Fauci declined to answer more than 50 times during the Senate hearing.
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