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.
Michael Osterholm stated in a text message that he was sending it via text to avoid any FOIA issues.
Legal Defense Fund Established for Anthony Fauci Amid Mounting Investigations
Senator Rand Paul asked the Department of Justice to prosecute Fauci following his invocation of the Fifth Amendment during a July congressional hearing.
Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier opened an inquiry and issued a subpoena to investigate whether Fauci profited from his COVID-19 guidance.
Former President Joe Biden granted Fauci a pre-emptive pardon before departing office.
“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
Prosecutors said Morens pledged to help restore the bat coronavirus grant and counter the narrative that Covid-19 leaked from a lab
The FBI said in 2023 that a leak from a Wuhan laboratory likely caused the pandemic, a claim China said had 'no credibility whatsoever'
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
“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
FBI Director Kash Patel announced Morens's guilty plea.
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.
David Morens was a senior official at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.
“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
Merrick Garland indicted Steve Bannon and Peter Navarro for failing to appear for sworn testimony related to the Jan. 6 insurrection, and both men served prison time.
Rand Paul bypassed the full Senate and held only a committee vote on the contempt charge.
Fauci's pardon protects his actions taken between 2014 through January 19, 2025, from federal prosecution only.
“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 Senate committee voted along party lines to hold Dr. Anthony Fauci in contempt of Congress.
Fauci received a pardon from President Joe Biden covering acts from 2014 through the January 2025 day it was issued.
A Justice Department spokesperson confirmed the department received the contempt referral and is reviewing it.
“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 Justice Department will decide whether to act upon the contempt resolution, as the committee's recommendation does not force any action.
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.'
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 AG Liz Murrill said Fauci could still potentially face prosecution under state law despite receiving a federal pardon from former President Joe Biden.
“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
Dr. Anthony Fauci invoked his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination 111 times during a Senate hearing.
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.
Anthony Fauci invokes Fifth Amendment at Senate Covid hearing, faces contempt vote
Fauci was called to testify by Republican Senator Rand Paul, who accuses him of misleading Congress.
Anthony Fauci invoked his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination during a Senate committee hearing on July 30, 2026.
Fauci's lawyers advised him not to testify, arguing anything he said under oath could expose him to new legal risks.
“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
Paul ordered security to remove Fauci's attorney, David Schertler, from the hearing room.
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.