Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier has subpoenaed Dr. Anthony Fauci in an investigation examining pandemic-era guidance, financial opportunities and other matters, with Republican attorneys general in Louisiana and West Virginia publicly supporting the effort.
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Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier has issued a subpoena to former National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Director Dr. Anthony Fauci as part of a broader state investigation into Fauci’s conduct, public health recommendations and potential financial interests during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Uthmeier’s office said in a Wednesday news release that investigators are examining “awards, professional opportunities, financial incentives, grants, and COVID-19 guidance that impacted Florida businesses and consumers.”
The subpoena comes after Fauci’s July 29 appearance before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee. During that testimony, Fauci declined to answer questions and invoked the Fifth Amendment more than 100 times.
Former President Joe Biden previously granted Fauci a broad pardon covering federal crimes committed between January 2014 and January 2025. The pardon does not shield Fauci from possible prosecution under state law.
Uthmeier said Florida investigators are seeking records and evidence concerning both the pandemic policies Fauci helped develop and promote while serving on President Donald Trump’s White House Coronavirus Task Force and any financial or professional benefits he may have received during the same period.
According to Uthmeier, newly available materials indicate that Fauci privately expressed doubts about positions he was advancing publicly.
Uthmeier said Fauci “personally, privately questioned everything that he pushed on the public,” including “the health and safety of the vaccines” and “whether or not it was safe to administer these mRNA shots on kids.”
“Nevertheless, he duped and deceived the American public, and he deserves to be held accountable,” Uthmeier said.
The investigation has received support from Republican attorneys general in Louisiana and West Virginia.
Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill said unanswered questions surrounding the pandemic remain extensive and that further investigation is warranted.
“The public deserves answers to about a million questions related to the pandemic, its origins, and the government’s actions in response,” Murrill said. “What we know already is Fauci lied — we just don’t know yet how much. But he lied about something as basic as keeping a diary. The truth will come out.”
West Virginia Attorney General JB McCuskey also backed Uthmeier’s inquiry, citing Fauci’s recent refusal to answer questions before Congress.
“Dr. Fauci’s recent refusal to answer Congress’s questions about his actions during the pandemic is concerning. The American people deserve to know if they or their elected leaders were misled or manipulated. Both my office and I support Attorney General Uthmeier’s efforts to uncover the truth,” McCuskey said.
Uthmeier’s office said the subpoena specifically targets diary entries recently disclosed by Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee.
Those entries described a range of financial and professional opportunities associated with Fauci, including an approximately $900,000 Dan David Foundation prize, an NIAID research grant awarded to the University of Florida Scripps Biomedical Research program, proposed named professorships, book deals, board positions, private foundation partnerships and other opportunities that arose while Fauci remained in his federal position and was issuing recommendations affecting Florida.
Paul’s committee voted Thursday to hold Fauci in contempt of Congress. Paul said he intends to refer the matter to the Department of Justice for possible criminal prosecution.
Uthmeier said the records raise questions about whether Fauci was pursuing financial and professional rewards while also directing or influencing national pandemic policy.
“We now know there’s strong evidence that he was working to get monetary value, prizes, seek book deals,” Uthmeier told Newsmax. “He was looking for fortune and fame, not focusing on public safety of the American people.”
Louisiana has separately moved toward its own investigation.
Murrill announced Sunday on X that Louisiana would join Alabama and Florida in examining Fauci “and whether he committed any other offenses that could be pursued in our state courts.”
Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall has not publicly commented on Fauci since the July 29 hearing, according to the information provided.
Marshall was, however, among 17 state attorneys general who signed a letter to Republican congressional leaders last year seeking evidence that could support state-level investigations into Fauci’s actions during the pandemic.
The Florida subpoena now places those state-level efforts into a more formal investigative stage, with Uthmeier seeking records tied to Fauci’s pandemic guidance, outside opportunities and financial interests while Louisiana and West Virginia publicly signal support for further scrutiny.
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