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 he has been consistent in his messaging about the limited benefit of cloth face coverings since April 2020.
Michael Osterholm stated in a text message that N-95s are necessary to be effective reducing risk with aerosol transmission.
Several German states mandated N95-grade masks in public.
Legal Defense Fund Established for Anthony Fauci Amid Mounting Investigations
Former President Joe Biden granted Fauci a pre-emptive pardon before departing office.
The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee voted to hold Fauci in contempt of Congress.
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 adviser pleads guilty to concealing Covid records
Morens was indicted in April on charges related to an alleged scheme to thwart public records requests received by the agency beginning in April 2020 related to Covid-19 research grants, according to prosecutors
The FBI said in 2023 that a leak from a Wuhan laboratory likely caused the pandemic, a claim China said had 'no credibility whatsoever'
Prosecutors said Morens and others agreed to correspond using Morens' personal email account instead of his government one, anticipating their communications would be sought through Freedom of Information Act requests
“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
NIH terminated the grant titled 'Understanding the Risk of Bat coronavirus Emergence' based on allegations that COVID-19 emerged from the Wuhan Institute of Virology.
FBI Director Kash Patel announced Morens's guilty plea.
Morens could face up to five years in prison when sentenced on November 12.
“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 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,”
Rand Paul targets Anthony Fauci with DOJ probe
Rand Paul released more than 1,000 pages of Fauci's personal diary before Fauci was scheduled to testify.
Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier issued an investigative subpoena to Fauci.
Rand Paul is the chair of the Senate Homeland Security Committee.
“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.”
Senate committee votes to hold Fauci in contempt for refusing to answer Covid questions
A Justice Department spokesperson confirmed the department received the contempt referral and is reviewing it.
The pardon does not shield Fauci from state-level prosecutions or from federal investigations into testimony lawmakers deemed false.
Fauci received a pardon from President Joe Biden covering acts from 2014 through the January 2025 day it was issued.
“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,”
Three state attorneys general subpoena Anthony Fauci over Covid guidance
The subpoena asks Fauci to provide documents related to alleged self-dealing from Jan. 3, 2020, through the present day by Aug. 31.
Uthmeier alleged that if Fauci personally profited off of the guidance he issued, it could have broken Florida law.
President Joe Biden issued a pre-emptive pardon for Fauci just before he left office in January 2025.
Louisiana launches investigation into Dr. Fauci following Senate hearing
Liz Murrill said Louisiana and Missouri deposed Dr. Fauci.
Dr. Anthony Fauci invoked his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination 111 times during a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee hearing.
Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill announced her office will investigate Dr. Anthony Fauci.
“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 told Fox News Digital that the presidential pardon cannot prevent prosecution at the state level under the Constitution.
DeSantis called Fauci the "most destructive bureaucrat in the history of the United States of America" when asked on Fox News to respond to diary entries.
Dr. Anthony Fauci invoked his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination 111 times during a Senate hearing.
Anthony Fauci invokes Fifth Amendment at Senate Covid hearing, faces contempt vote
Anthony Fauci invoked his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination during a Senate committee hearing on July 30, 2026.
The CIA reached the same conclusion as the FBI in 2025, but with low confidence.
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.
“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
Fauci invoked the Fifth Amendment more than 100 times during the hearing.
Sen. Richard Blumenthal compared the Republican-led proceedings to Sen. Joseph McCarthy's anti-communism hearings of the 1950s.
Paul ordered security to remove Fauci's attorney, David Schertler, from the hearing room.