{"id":2637783,"date":"2026-07-30T11:32:01","date_gmt":"2026-07-30T15:32:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/we-have-receipts-four-years-ago-fauci-said-nothing-to-hide-very-happy-to-testify-before-congress\/"},"modified":"2026-07-30T11:34:42","modified_gmt":"2026-07-30T15:34:42","slug":"we-have-receipts-four-years-ago-fauci-said-nothing-to-hide-very-happy-to-testify-before-congress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/we-have-receipts-four-years-ago-fauci-said-nothing-to-hide-very-happy-to-testify-before-congress\/","title":{"rendered":"We Have Receipts: Four Years Ago, Fauci Said &#8216;Nothing to Hide,&#8217; &#8216;Very Happy to Testify&#8217; Before Congress"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">34<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwe-have-receipts-four-years-ago-fauci-said-nothing-to-hide-very-happy-to-testify-before-congress%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2637783&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>This article discusses the recent congressional hearings involving Dr. Anthony fauci, focusing on his refusal to answer questions and his invocation of the Fifth Amendment multiple times. It highlights the contrast between Fauci\u2019s past statements expressing willingness to testify and his current stance, which has raised questions about potential contempt of Congress. The piece criticizes Fauci for possibly avoiding accountability despite having received a presidential pardon that should protect him from self-incrimination. It also touches on the revelations from Fauci\u2019s diaries, which suggest he was motivated by fame and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sam-bankman-fried-told-crypto-regulators-that-his-company-was-natural-choice-to-be-umpires-of-industry\/\" title=\"Sam Bankman-Fried Told Crypto Regulators That His Company Was &quot;Natural Choice&quot; to Be &quot;Umpires&quot; of Industry\">wielded significant power<\/a> during the COVID-19 response, contradicting his earlier claims of transparency and scientific objectivity. The overall tone is critical of Fauci&#8217;s actions and questions the integrity of his previous assertions about his willingness to testify and his stance on the science.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019re a fan of ordinal numbers, the number five specifically, and constitutional rights being asserted, Wednesday was your day.<\/p>\n<p>For everyone else looking for answers as to why we were locked down thanks to The Experts\u2122 and The Science\u2122 back during the COVID scare, Dr. Anthony Fauci\u2019s testimony before the Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee was wholly unsatisfying.<\/p>\n<p>Over 100 times, <a href=\"https:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/2026\/07\/29\/politics\/anthony-fauci-fifth-amendment-plea\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CNN<\/a> reported, the former head of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases asserted his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination. Which is kind of funny when you consider that he was given a pardon for anything he did or may have done while head of NIAID and leading the U.S. response to COVID.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUnder the advice of my attorneys, I will invoke my right under the Fifth Amendment of the Constitution to refrain from answering your questions,\u201d Fauci said over the course of two hours.<\/p>\n<p>Which is funny, considering that back when he was retiring from running the country\u2019s COVID response, he said he had \u201cnothing to hide\u201d and would be \u201cvery happy to testify\u201d before Congress.<\/p>\n<p>This definitely <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-sen-josh-hawley-illustrates-absurdity-faucis-hearing-stunt-3-questions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">wasn\u2019t what we saw on Wednesday<\/a>. In case you missed how absurd it was, this about sums it up:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\ud83d\udea8 JUST NOW: Sen. Paul informs Anthony Fauci that he\u2019s BREAKING THE LAW for by REFUSING to answer questions in this hearing<\/p>\n<p>PAUL: \u201cIn the red folder on your table is a copy of Section 192 of Title II of the US Code\u2026 That section makes it a CRIME for a witness appearing under\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/JVItFvy6u0\">https:\/\/t.co\/JVItFvy6u0<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Sd6DNMY19z\">pic.twitter.com\/Sd6DNMY19z<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/nicksortor\/status\/2082453185436827950?\">July 29, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The question now becomes whether or not Fauci will be held in contempt of Congress for refusing to answer questions, since he was given a pardon by former President Joe Biden and therefore can\u2019t incriminate himself unless he gives truthful answers, and thus can\u2019t normally hide behind Fifth Amendment protections.<\/p>\n<p>However, we were led to believe that the man who once said \u201cI represent science\u201d would never have it come to this.<\/p>\n<p>In <a href=\"https:\/\/transcripts.cnn.com\/show\/wtcw\/date\/2022-12-11\/segment\/01\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">December<\/a> of 2022, as Fauci was leaving the government, CNN\u2019s Chris Wallace asked him how he felt about the possibility that he might be forced to testify before Congress.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWell, if I become a punching bag, I\u2019m a punching bag,\u201d Fauci said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut I am very happy to testify before any <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ecuador-lost-nearly-5-billion-in-china-oil-deal\/\" title=\"Ecuador Lost Nearly  Billion in China Oil Deal\">congressional oversight committee<\/a>. I have nothing to hide. I can explain and validate everything that I\u2019ve done.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo, you know, it\u2019s going to be inconvenient if they actually are out there essentially threatening to make my life miserable but it\u2019s \u2014 I mean, I\u2019m going to do what I need to do and that is cooperate fully because we have nothing to hide at all,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Fauci in 2022: \u201cI am very happy to testify before any congressional oversight committee.<\/p>\n<p>I have nothing to hide. I can explain and validate everything that I\u2019ve done.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m going to do what I need to do, and that is cooperate fully, because we have nothing to hide at all.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/vRYKHnLkPr\">pic.twitter.com\/vRYKHnLkPr<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Natalie Winters (@nataliegwinters) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/nataliegwinters\/status\/2082550593143611878?\">July 29, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Aged like fine milk.<\/p>\n<p>Now, I imagine part of this is because circumstances have changed.<\/p>\n<p>Not only do we know more about how the federal government <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-dr-phil-schools-view-hosts-damage-done-children-covid-19-mismanagement\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">bungled the COVID response<\/a> and cost lives, we also have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/faucis-personal-diary-just-got-released-brutal-self-absorbed-fame-seeking-celeb-worshiping-power-mad-liar\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fauci\u2019s diaries<\/a>, in which Fauci speaks like a fame-obsessed teenage girl, except with immense power that was used with an extreme poverty of foresight.<\/p>\n<p>They basically vindicated everything that his critics had said was true and he said was false: The science wasn\u2019t settled, he was power-hungry as all get-out, and he was convinced of theories regarding the virus\u2019 origin and effects that he would tar others as conspiracy kooks for holding.<\/p>\n<p>The question remains whether or not he\u2019ll be held in contempt for refusing to testify even though he should have nothing to worry about if he tells the truth. But then, it\u2019s still fun, in a sad sort of way, to look at just how much confidence <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/fauci-targets-critics-national-television-going-saving-lives-going-lying\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mr. I Represent Science<\/a> <em>really<\/em> exudes when he\u2019s asked to put his mouth where his promises used to be.<\/p>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f7f7f7; color: #171717; display: flex;font-size: 16px;font-weight: 600;line-height: 1.5;margin: 24px 0;padding: 18px 20px 18px 30px;text-align: left;\">\n<div style=\"align-self: stretch;border-left: 3px solid #171717;flex-shrink: 0;padding-left: 20px;\"><\/div>\n<p><a style=\"text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/\">Choose The Western Journal as your preferred source on Google and never miss reporting that defends truth, protects freedom, and advances Western civilization<\/a><\/div>\n<p style=\"border: 1px solid #f5f5f5; padding: 16px;\">Advertise with The Western Journal and reach millions of highly engaged readers, while supporting our work. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/advertise-us\/?wj_source=article\">Advertise Today<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey == typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts = { \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs = [ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i = 0; i < inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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