Florida AG announces investigation into Fauci over COVID-19 claims
Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier announced an investigation into Dr. Anthony Fauci following his refusal to answer questions about the COVID-19 pandemic during a congressional hearing. Uthmeier criticized Fauci’s lack of transparency and indicated his office is working to uncover the truth about the pandemic. During the Senate hearing, Fauci invoked the Fifth Amendment multiple times when questioned about his handling of COVID-19 by Senator Rand Paul, who has been scrutinizing Fauci’s connections to US funding for Wuhan research and releasing related documents.Governor Ron DeSantis called for Fauci to be held in contempt, emphasizing that he had received a presidential pardon. Biden preemptively pardoned Fauci before leaving office, though this does not prevent state-level charges. The Florida investigation aims to explore potential violations related to Fauci’s pandemic recommendations, including social distancing and mask mandates. Uthmeier expressed intent to prosecute Fauci if sufficient evidence is found,emphasizing lawfulness and proper legal procedures in his efforts.
Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier announced on Wednesday that he is launching an investigation into Anthony Fauci after the former public health official repeatedly declined to answer questions about the COVID-19 pandemic at a tense congressional hearing.
“Fauci’s lack of candor to Congress is unbelievable,” Uthmeier posted on X. “My office is launching an investigation into Dr. Fauci. It’s past time we get the truth of what happened during COVID.”
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During the Senate hearing, Fauci exercised his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination over 100 times as Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) directed numerous questions toward the witness regarding his handling of COVID-19. Paul scheduled a committee meeting for Aug. 5 to determine whether Fauci should be held in contempt of Congress for refusing to testify.
Speaking with Fox News, the Senate Homeland Security Committee chairman said he hopes the contempt resolution can go directly to the Department of Justice for prosecution rather than to the full Senate floor. In the latter case, Democratic senators would likely oppose the contempt effort.
For years, Paul has taken action to uncover Fauci’s ties to U.S. grant funding going to the Wuhan research laboratory in China, where the first COVID-19 cases were reported in late 2019 and early 2020. The senator recently released more than 1,000 pages of Fauci’s personal records, including his pandemic-era diary, and several batches of documents pertaining to the origins of the coronavirus.
Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) called for Fauci to be held in contempt because he “received a blanked presidential pardon so he has no basis to invoke the fifth over that conduct.”
Hours before leaving office in January 2025, former President Joe Biden issued a preemptive pardon to protect Fauci from what he called “unjustified and politically motivated prosecutions” under the second Trump administration. The federal pardon, however, doesn’t preempt Fauci from facing possible state charges.
In response to a social media user’s question about prosecuting Fauci in Florida, DeSantis said, “It would require either a state AG or local state attorney to bring a case, which would need to establish violations of state law as well as personal jurisdiction over the defendant.”
Shortly after the governor’s post, the state’s Republican attorney general announced the investigation into Fauci.
Uthmeier previously said he was open to filing state charges against Fauci over his recommendations on social distancing, face masks, and school closures. Republicans strongly criticized these measures, which continue to hang over Fauci in his latest interaction with federal lawmakers.
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“A lot of people were misled, and there were harms, dangers and lives lost as a result of what he did,” Uthmeier told Politico last month. “I will go after everybody, Fauci included, that has gone out and broken the law. What I will say is, as prosecutors, we have to bring a case. We have to follow rules of evidence. We have to bring a case and be successful.
“I don’t want to be somebody that says I’m going to go do ABCD and I cannot deliver,” he continued. “So, I promise you, I lay awake at night in bed thinking, ‘How can I prosecute Anthony Fauci for the crimes he committed on the American people?’ And when I have a case ready, we will bring it.”
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