Fauci Lawyers Launch Defense Fund as 3 States Back COVID Probe
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Updated · Fox News · Aug 21
Fauci Lawyers Launch Defense Fund as 3 States Back COVID Probe
3 articles · Updated · Fox News · Aug 21
Summary
Lawyers for Anthony Fauci set up a legal defense fund to cover representation and administrative costs as federal and state investigations into his pandemic-era conduct intensify.
Rand Paul’s Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee has already held Fauci in contempt of Congress after his July hearing, where Paul said Fauci invoked the Fifth Amendment repeatedly and urged the Justice Department to prosecute.
Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier has subpoenaed the 85-year-old and is examining whether he personally profited from COVID guidance; Louisiana and West Virginia have joined that effort.
Fauci denies wrongdoing, and his lawyer David Schertler called the cases an unprecedented, frivolous legal barrage against a retired civil servant, saying any leftover fund money would go to charity.
The pressure widened this week when former Fauci adviser David Morens pleaded guilty to trying to conceal pandemic-related documents, adding to scrutiny around COVID-origins and records-handling investigations.