On July 29, 2026, the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee held a hearing at which Dr. Anthony Fauci invoked his Fifth Amendment rights and declined to answer questions on the coronavirus pandemic. Sen. Rand Paul had released more than 1,000 pages of Fauci's private diary entries days earlier and threatened to seek a contempt finding. President Biden issued a blanket pardon to Fauci before leaving office.