Is he pardoned, or is he not pardoned?
That’s the question for which a couple of U.S. senators are calling for answers.
The target of their ire is Anthony Fauci, Joe Biden’s top adviser during the COVID-10 pandemic, in which the China virus killed millions worldwide and decimated America’s education and economic systems.
Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., said the recent indictments of two of Fauci’s deputies from during that time period could give the Department of Justice leverage to secure their cooperation – and testimony.
A report at Just the News identifies Paul as one of two senators calling for a move against Fauci, now retired.
Fauci, who is suspected of pushing funding for the dangerous virus work being done at the Wuhan, China, lab, then orchestrating statements and comments to make it appear the deadly threat was a “natural” occurrence, in fact, was “pardoned” by the Joe Biden autopen spree during the last days of his presidency.
“I think we should challenge the pardon, because it’s an extraordinary pardon. It’s a pardon not for a specific crime, and it’s a pardon over a 10 year period. It’s the same that he got the same thing Hunter Biden got,” Paul said on the Just the News, No Noise television show.
“I think that could be challenged in court, because it’s not specific, it’s vague, and it doesn’t specify the crime, and it’s such a large period of time. So, I think it could be challenged, and should be challenged,” he said.
Anthony Fauci was allegedly directly involved in efforts to cover up the origins of COVID-19, per CIA whistleblower.
— Leading Report (@LeadingReport) June 18, 2026
STUNNING FAUCI REVELATIONS
When does Fauci finally get locked up for the rest of his criminal life?
“Everywhere you look, you find more tentacles of Anthony Fauci stretching through the intelligence agencies, through the science agencies, manipulation of grants. He has had his… pic.twitter.com/6QMIepfYBo
— GRANDPA’s FREE ADVICE (@GOP_is_Gutless) June 18, 2026
Senator Rand Paul says Anthony Fauci spent decades cultivating ties across the intelligence community then pressured those relationships the moment his own ILLEGALLY funded research in Wuhan threatened to expose his crimes.
Senator Paul says Fauci knew exactly what his funding… pic.twitter.com/T0oUvE81jx
— Bridgett Fertig (@LightOnLiberty) June 18, 2026
Paul also has accused Fauci of misleading Congress, and his concerns were joined by Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., who confirmed he’s “pretty certain” of what Fauci funded regarding COVID.
“Anthony Fauci is a bad person, and he ought to be prosecuted, because I believe he did commit crimes,” Johnson said.
Paul said questions remain about Biden’s autopen pardon spree, which also included a long list of members of his own family.
“Was President Biden of sound mind? Did he understand who he was pardoning? Did he participate in it? Did he approve of each of the ones that were signed by autopen?” he wondered.
A congressional committee already has released a report charging that Fauci, formerly chief of the National Institute of Allergies and Infectious Diseases, launched a public relations campaign to divert attention away from his federal agency’s funding of dangerous virus research in China.
The report noted Paul’s concerns: “Fauci was awake at 3 a.m. in late January 2020, emailing Dr. Robert Kadlec, who oversaw dangerous research, falsely asserting the virus originated in animals with ‘nothing to do with the lab.’ Fauci also called on old friends within the intelligence community, according to Paul, to mislead them about what was really going on at the Wuhan, China laboratory.”
Also, “He (Fauci) already knows he’s going to have to defend this because he outsourced this dangerous research to China. There weren’t adequate safety controls, and now he’s got to start the spin.”
Paul also confirmed that within a week, top virologists privately told Fauci the virus appeared to be engineered, that is, modified in a lab, not the result of anything in nature.
Then some of those same “experts” claimed in a paper COVID was “not a laboratory construct,” and one author then got an $8 million grant approved by Fauci.
And Fauci, who actually helped with the creation of that paper, used it as “independent” evidence against the lab’s involvement in developing the virus.
It is Fauci lieutenants, David Morens and Vincent Munster, who have been accused of importing dangerous pathogens into the U.S. without a permit. The two claimed the substances were “diagnostic equipment.”
Paul suggested they might have evidence to offer on Fauci, if they are offered leniency.
“My goodness, it would be worth it to see one or two of his lieutenants give up testimony that they would not have given up otherwise, but now that they’ve been indicted, might be inclined to tell the truth,” Paul told Just the News.
The closest comparison I can make to Anthony Fauci is J. Edgar Hoover: someone who wielded institutional power for decades, had connections everywhere, and used both money and pressure to control the narrative. pic.twitter.com/0H0YjGzXCw
— Rand Paul (@RandPaul) June 17, 2026
If any charges are brought against Fauci, he could bring his pardon as a defense, and then there could be a ruling on the validity of that action.
