Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul announced a long-shot bid to get the Justice Department to launch a criminal probe of Dr. Anthony Fauci over accusations that he lied to Congress, despite former President Joe Biden’s preemptive pardon.
Paul (R-Ky.) alleged that Fauci lied to lawmakers when he denied knowledge of US-funded coronavirus research in Wuhan, China. The re-upped criminal referral comes amid new details about how Biden’s team used autopen on a swath of clemency.
“Today I will reissue my criminal referral of Anthony Fauci to Trump DOJ!” Paul declared on X Monday. “Perjury is a crime. And Fauci must be held accountable.”
Presidential pardons cannot be revoked once issued; however, Paul is banking on the seemingly unlikely chance that the courts may nullify Biden’s clemency because of autopen potentially being used to sign it.
Biden had issued a pardon for Fauci and a slew of other former high-ranking officials on his way out of the White House, fearing that the incoming Trump administration might target them.
But Paul’s renewed push for a criminal investigation into Fauci comes in the wake of a stunning New York Times piece, which confirmed that the 46th president did not personally sign off on every name that received clemency — while simultaneously insisting, “I made every decision.” --->READ MORE HERE
Trump calls Biden's signature delegation 'one of the biggest scandals in 50 to 100 years' as Paul reissues criminal referral against Fauci
Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., on Monday announced that he would revive his criminal referral against Dr. Anthony Fauci, adding yet another wrinkle to the ongoing Biden White House autopen saga.
"Today I will reissue my criminal referral of Anthony Fauci to Trump DOJ," Paul said on X.
It’s not the first time that Paul has issued a criminal referral against Fauci, who is the former director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) and medical adviser to former President Joe Biden.
The first came in 2021, when Paul accused Fauci of lying to Congress about funding gain-of-function research for the COVID-19 virus at the Wuhan Institute of Virology. The next came in 2023, again as part of Paul’s efforts to investigate the origins of the virus.
"Perjury is a crime," Paul said. "And Fauci must be held accountable."
Fox News Digital reached out to Paul’s office for comment.
This time, Paul’s reupping of his criminal referral comes after a new report added another chapter to the ongoing autopen saga, in which President Donald Trump and congressional Republicans have accused Biden of shrugging off his authority to aides and top officials in the White House to authorize his signature on a slew of pardons and documents. --->READ MORE HEREFollow links below to relevant/related stories and resources:
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