Fauci congressional investigation and pardon dispute
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Newly released texts on Fauci and mask mandates
Michael Osterholm stated in a text message that N-95s are necessary to be effective reducing risk with aerosol transmission.
Michael Osterholm stated in a text message that he was sending it via text to avoid any FOIA issues.
Several German states mandated N95-grade masks in public.
Legal Defense Fund Established for Anthony Fauci Amid Mounting Investigations
Lawyers representing Dr. Anthony Fauci have established a legal defense fund on his behalf.
Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier opened an inquiry and issued a subpoena to investigate whether Fauci profited from his COVID-19 guidance.
Former Fauci adviser David Morens entered a guilty plea for attempting to conceal pandemic-related records.
“Dr. Fauci has not done anything wrong, and we are prepared to fight back against this shameful harassment of an honorable man who dedicated his career to saving lives.”
Former Fauci advisor pleads guilty to conspiring to conceal COVID-19 records
“By pleading guilty today, Dr. Morens has taken responsibility for what he did, and he will continue to do so,”
Former Fauci adviser pleads guilty to concealing Covid records
The CIA said in January 2025 that a lab leak was likely but with 'low confidence', while four other US intelligence agencies and the National Intelligence Council believe the virus most likely emerged via natural transmission from an animal
Fauci accused Republican senator Rand Paul of pursuing an 'unhinged' campaign to see him imprisoned
Prosecutors said Morens pledged to help restore the bat coronavirus grant and counter the narrative that Covid-19 leaked from a lab
“By pleading guilty today, Dr. Morens has taken responsibility for what he did, and he will continue to do so,”
Former Fauci advisor pleads guilty to concealing COVID-19 records
Peter Daszak was debarred from receiving federal grant funding in 2025.
The U.S. Department of Justice indicted Morens in April.
Morens wrote in a 2021 email to Peter Daszak that he learned how to make emails disappear when FOIAed and that he deleted most of earlier emails after sending them to Gmail.
“By pleading guilty today, Dr. Morens has taken responsibility for what he did, and he will continue to do so,”
Rand Paul targets Anthony Fauci with DOJ probe
Anthony Fauci invoked his Fifth Amendment right more than 100 times during the hearing.
Rand Paul released more than 1,000 pages of Fauci's personal diary before Fauci was scheduled to testify.
Rand Paul alleges Fauci lied to Congress about the origins of COVID-19.
“First, the possibility that he might say something false and be prosecutable for perjury under federal law. Second, possibility that something he said might conceivably be used by some state government to prosecute him criminally.”
Three state attorneys general subpoena Anthony Fauci over Covid guidance
The Justice Department will decide whether to act upon the contempt resolution, as the committee's recommendation does not force any action.
Fauci has repeatedly denied any wrongdoing related to his handling of the Covid pandemic response.
Fauci said his decision to invoke his Fifth Amendment right stemmed from Paul's repeated attacks against him, citing Paul's 'obvious obsession with calling for my prosecution.'
Senate committee votes to hold Fauci in contempt for refusing to answer Covid questions
Rand Paul argued that Fauci's Fifth Amendment protection did not apply because Fauci had received a pardon from Joe Biden and thus faced no risk of federal prosecution.
President Donald Trump said that Fauci maybe should be prosecuted, saying what he did is far more serious than a lot of crimes.
A referral from Congress does not compel the Justice Department to act.
“This is just another example of boys gone wild, tearing loose from the mores of procedure, regular order, constitutional doctrine to vindicate some political vendetta,”
Louisiana launches investigation into Dr. Fauci following Senate hearing
Dr. Anthony Fauci invoked his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination 111 times during a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee hearing.
Sen. Tommy Tuberville is running for Alabama governor.
Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier announced his office would investigate Fauci following the Senate hearing.
“Louisiana and Missouri deposed Dr. Fauci. At the time, he claimed to not recall many key details of his own actions and now we are discovering contemporaneous records he kept.”
Fauci's Fifth report fuels vows to haul him into court despite Biden pardon
Sen. Tommy Tuberville said he will look into ways to hold Fauci accountable for Alabamians who died under his watch when he is governor of Alabama.
Sen. Josh Hawley argued that former President Joe Biden's blanket pardon eliminated Fauci's federal criminal exposure for covered conduct.
Tuberville is favored to succeed term-limited Republican Gov. Kay Ivey in November.
Anthony Fauci invokes Fifth Amendment at Senate Covid hearing, faces contempt vote
Republicans claim Biden's pardon does not protect Fauci from alleged crimes committed after it was issued, such as perjuring himself at a Senate hearing.
Fauci served as director of NIAID for 38 years and advised seven presidents.
Fauci was called to testify by Republican Senator Rand Paul, who accuses him of misleading Congress.
“I said from the beginning that the Virus came from the Wuhan Laboratory in China. Fauci strongly disagreed, always trying to protect China,”
Anthony Fauci testifies before Senate panel on COVID origins; invokes 5th Amendment, clashes with Sen. Rand Paul
Former President Joe Biden issued a pre-emptive pardon to Fauci before leaving office.
Schertler said Fauci has a valid Fifth Amendment privilege and the right to assert it.
Paul ordered security to remove Fauci's attorney, David Schertler, from the hearing room.