Dr. Anthony Fauci Overheard Dropping F-Bomb After Contentious Senate Hearing
Former White House medical adviser Dr. Anthony Fauci was overheard venting his frustration and dropping an expletive while taking an evening walk with his wife, Christine Grady, just hours after enduring a contentious four-hour Senate hearing where he repeatedly invoked the Fifth Amendment.
The couple was spotted power-walking near their Washington, D.C., home Wednesday evening following Fauci’s appearance before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee. During the walk, Fauci was heard complaining that someone “was shouting at me” before punctuating his frustration with an F-bomb while speaking with his wife.
Earlier in the day, Fauci refused to answer questions from Republican senators investigating the federal government’s handling of the COVID-19 pandemic, invoking his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination more than 100 times. The hearing was chaired by Sen. Rand Paul, who has spent years scrutinizing Fauci’s role in pandemic policy and recently released portions of Fauci’s personal diaries.
The hearing featured several heated exchanges. Sen. Rand Paul ordered one of Fauci’s attorneys removed from the hearing room after repeated interruptions, while Sen. Bernie Moreno and other Republican lawmakers sharply criticized Fauci’s handling of pandemic policies, including lockdowns, vaccine mandates, masking guidance, and school closures.
At the conclusion of the hearing, Paul announced that the committee will move forward with a vote on whether to hold Fauci in contempt of Congress over his refusal to answer lawmakers’ questions despite receiving a broad federal pardon from former President Joe Biden covering potential COVID-related offenses before leaving office.
Fauci retired from government service in 2022 after leading the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases for 38 years. He later joined Georgetown University as a distinguished professor. His wife, Christine Grady, formerly the chief bioethicist at the National Institutes of Health, also joined Georgetown earlier this year after leaving federal service.