"Did Fauci Properly Take the Fifth?"
The second is time: Fauci retired in 2022, making it unlikely that any state crime he might have committed would fall within the applicable statute of limitations, assuming any state could credibly claim that he committed a crime or that venue was proper in that state. United States (1951), the Supreme Court said the privilege against self-incrimination protects against real dangers, not remote or speculative possibilities. First, a witness can refuse to answer questions that might implicate him in a crime, not to avoid embarrassment….
- ▪The second is time: Fauci retired in 2022, making it unlikely that any state crime he might have committed would fall within the applicable statute of limitations, assuming any state could credibly claim that he committed a crime or that ve
- ▪United States (1951), the Supreme Court said the privilege against self-incrimination protects against real dangers, not remote or speculative possibilities.
- ▪First, a witness can refuse to answer questions that might implicate him in a crime, not to avoid embarrassment….
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Criminal Law "Did Fauci Properly Take the Fifth?" Eugene Volokh | 8.5.2026 1:25 PM An excerpt from a detailed analysis at FoxNews.com from John Malcolm, a former federal prosecutor and current VP of the Meese Institute for the Rule of Law at Advancing American Freedom: Several factors suggest Fauci's invocation [of the Fifth Amendment privilege] was improper. Two are critical. The first is Fauci's pardon…. The second is time: Fauci retired in 2022, making it unlikely that any state crime he might have committed would fall within the applicable statute of limitations, assuming any state could credibly claim that he committed a crime or that venue was proper in that state. In Hoffman v.
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