Dr. Anthony Fauci, a former National Institutes of Health official who, for many, became the face of the COVID-19 pandemic, testified Monday before a subcommittee of Congress tasked with investigating the origins of the virus.

Fauci, 83, faced heated questions from Republicans and was mostly defended by Democrats during the three-hour hearing, which came in the wake of an email scandal involving one of his former senior advisers.

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