President Donald Trump is weighing in on the explosive Senate confrontation involving Dr. Anthony Fauci, sharply criticizing the former government health official’s decision to repeatedly invoke the Fifth Amendment while offering a more measured view of the presidential pardon that protects him from certain federal offenses.
Trump addressed the controversy Wednesday as the political battle surrounding Fauci’s pandemic record intensified on Capitol Hill.
At the center of the dispute are two separate questions: Biden’s decision to issue Fauci a sweeping preemptive pardon before leaving office and Fauci’s refusal to answer questions during a Republican-led Senate investigation into the federal government’s handling of COVID-19.
