'There will be repercussions…': Rand Paul explodes at Fauci after he pleads the 5th at COVID hearing

Senator Rand Paul and Dr. Anthony Fauci clashed in a fiery Senate hearing after Fauci repeatedly invoked the Fifth Amendment, prompting Paul to warn of "repercussions" and escalating tensions over the COVID-19 investigation. The explosive exchange focused on COVID-19 origins, gain-of-function research, Wuhan lab allegations, and years of political disputes between the Kentucky Republican and the former NIAID director, who has repeatedly denied wrongdoing. Watch the full confrontation as Rand Paul presses Fauci, demands answers, and the hearing descends into one of the most dramatic Capitol Hill showdowns over the pandemic.