ormer Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard said in a social media post on Saturday that Dr. Anthony Fauci, the architect of the COVID-19 pandemic and vaccine disinformation chief, could still be prosecuted after she released evidence that he lied to Congress about COVID-19 origins and US funding of gain-of-function research.
Fauci received a sweeping pardon from Joe Biden in January 2025, shielding him from prosecution for crimes he committed between 2014 and 2025. The Department of Justice claims an investigation into the legitimacy of Biden’s pardons remains ongoing. Thousands of acts of clemency and executive actions were signed with an autopen rather than a wet signature under Biden, and his aides wielded the authority without his knowledge.
Responding to criticisms that she didn’t “create a path” to prosecute Fauci on X, Gabbard wrote, “He lied to Congress in 2024. There is a path.”