Fauci Took the Fifth 111 Times. What Is Washington Still Hiding About COVID?

Fauci Took the Fifth 111 Times. What Is Washington Still Hiding About COVID? Anthony Fauci was once presented as the unimpeachable voice of science. Now, confronted with questions about gain-of-function research, the Wuhan laboratory and what government officials knew about COVID-19’s origins, he has invoked the Fifth Amendment 111 times. Former CIA analyst Ray McGovern joins Robert Scheer to examine the newly released documents, the intelligence agencies accused of burying the truth and a corporate press more interested in protecting official narratives than exposing them. Millions died, the world was upended—and Washington still believes the public is not entitled to honest answers. For years, Americans were told to trust the experts, obey the restrictions and stop asking whether COVID-19 might have emerged from a laboratory conducting dangerous research with American support. Now Anthony Fauci—the public face of the government’s pandemic response—has invoked the Fifth Amendment 111 times rather than answer congressional questions. In this latest installment of Scheer Intelligence, former CIA analyst Ray McGovern joins Robert Scheer to examine allegations that U.S.-funded gain-of-function research continued overseas, evidence about a possible Wuhan laboratory leak was suppressed and intelligence assessments were shaped to protect powerful officials. They also confront the corporate media’s role in enforcing the official narrative while ridiculing or ignoring those demanding an investigation. The Fifth Amendment protects every American, and invoking it is not proof of guilt. But after millions of deaths, sweeping restrictions and years of official secrecy, the public deserves more than silence. It deserves to know who authorized this research, what officials knew, why contrary evidence was buried—and whether anyone in Washington will ever be held accountable. Monday With McGovern: Fauci, COVID Origins, and the Intelligence Community’s Quiet War Over the Truth Key Highlights: According to McGovern, Fauci Takes the Fifth — 111 Times, appearing before Rand Paul’s committee and invoking the Fifth Amendment 111 times regarding U.S.-funded gain‑of‑function research in Wuhan—an act McGovern says signals the gravity of what Fauci may be shielding. He pairs this with Tulsi Gabbard’s “Two Binders”, describing her release of declassified documents detailing U.S. funding streams to foreign labs, internal safety warnings, intelligence disputes over COVID’s origin, and Fauci’s alleged private acknowledgment that the virus came from a lab, a disclosure McGovern says mainstream media ignored. McGovern adds that Obama Banned Gain‑of‑Function — Fauci Moved It Offshore, claiming Fauci shifted dangerous research abroad after Obama halted it, funding 120 labs including Wuhan. He then outlines The Intelligence Community Split, arguing that the COVID‑19 Origin Act of 2023 produced a report from DNI Avril Haines that dodged the core question while CIA analysts resisted pressure to support Fauci’s preferred narrative. The most explosive allegation, Fauci’s Diary, asserts Fauci kept a government‑system diary later obtained by Rand Paul showing he privately believed in a lab leak while publicly insisting on natural origins. Scheer and McGovern say Media Silence has shielded Fauci, ignored Gabbard’s documents, marginalized dissenting scientists, and dismissed Rand Paul’s investigation. Finally, The Larger Theme: Secrecy, Elitism, and Unaccountable Power frames the COVID origin debate as part of a broader pattern of intelligence agencies burying inconvenient truths, bureaucratic elites protecting themselves, and media institutions acting as gatekeepers, with Scheer noting that COVID killed millions worldwide while the public still lacks a clear, honest account of how it began. COVID‑19 reshaped the world, killed millions, and exposed the fragility of global systems — yet the public still doesn’t know how it started. If McGovern’s account is accura