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Fauci’s Fifth Amendment Strategy | Portland Maine News
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Harvard Law professor Alan Dershowitz unpacks Dr. Fauci’s repeated Fifth Amendment claims during his congressional hearing, arguing they’re a strategic legal move—not a confession. Despite President Biden’s retroactive pardon covering Fauci’s service until next January, Dershowitz clarifies it doesn’t protect him from post-pardon charges. He notes that invoking the Fifth once or a hundred times has the same legal effect, and a savvy lawyer would advise Fauci to keep using it. Dershowitz also explains that accepting the pardon is mandatory, and while Congress could grant immunity, they’re likely using the hearing to probe and potentially incriminate. He concludes that the Fifth Amendment protects all, and while Congress might try to hold Fauci in contempt, it’s a long shot with uncertain outcomes.
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