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Fauci legal defense fund opens as state investigations pile on

8/22/2026

The pardon from former President Joe Biden was supposed to close the file on Dr. Lawyers for the retired National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases director have opened the Anthony S.

Legal Defense Fund as Florida, Louisiana, and West Virginia press their own investigations forward, and a Senate committee has already voted to hold Fauci in contempt of Congress. The case for the fund is measurable.

During a high-profile July congressional hearing on COVID-19 origins, Fauci invoked the Fifth Amendment more than 100 times. The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, chaired by Kentucky Sen.

Rand Paul, voted to hold him in contempt after that testimony. Paul has separately called on the Department of Justice to prosecute Fauci.

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