"I don’t think it’s really appropriate to pound an 85-year-old man … just to try to humiliate the guy," Fetterman said, adding: "It was excessive."

Dr. Anthony Fauci arrived at a high-stakes Senate hearing on Wednesday with a single, modest goal: Survive. The former top government scientist felt he accomplished that mission, people close to Fauci told CNN.

The Republican berated Dr. Anthony Fauci during a contentious Senate hearing, where Fauci invoked his Fifth Amendment right.

In a three-hour Senate hearing this week, Dr. Fauci invoked his constitutional right to stay silent, leaving people confused about many of the issues raised.

By Ahmed Aboulenein WASHINGTON, July 29 (Reuters) - Anthony Fauci, the former top U.S. infectious disease expert, declined to answer questions at a Senate hearing on Wednesday, invoking his constitutional right against self-incrimination and accusing Republican Senator Rand Paul of an "unhinged" campaign to see him imprisoned.

Florida Lt. Gov. Jay Collins has voiced support for Attorney General James Uthmeier's newly announced investigation into Fauci.

The accusations against Dr. Anthony Fauci, once the nation's leading infectious disease expert, have some experts worrying that these events may further erode public health staffing in the U.S.

The former president apologized to Fauci “for using crude language” but then tore into Donald Trump, according to the diary.