By now you probably know that former President Joe Biden’s last act in The White House was enacting a slew of preemptive, last-minute pardons to member of his family and rivals to new President Donald Trump.
Particually, Dr. Anthony Fauci.
The move, while perceived as a final dig at Trump, could save Fauci’s skin for the time being, could end up coming back to haunt Biden and in the not-so-distant future according to conservative star Megyn Kelly.
On her SiriusXM podcast yesterday, Kelly called out Biden’s last-minute pardons Monday on her show, outlining how those pardoned, including Fauci, could still face prosecution at the state level.
Biden issued a series of pardons throughout the day yesterday, with some announced just minutes before President Donald Trump was sworn into office.
On her “The Megyn Kelly Show,” Kelly discussed who the pardons extended to, specifically highlighting how and why Dr. Anthony Fauci’s pardon dated back to 2014.
“Let’s go to the pardons because this is just egregious. Everybody under the sun, I mean, the J6 committee members, his entire family, right? Mark Milley and Dr. Fauci. By the way, the pardons go back, especially Fauci, go back to 2014,” Kelly said. “It starts in 2014 forward. What the hell was he doing in 2014? It’s because he funded gain of function research. It’s because he was behind the problem that caused the damn pandemic.”
“But there’s a question about whether it’s valid if they don’t accept. I mean, there’s a legal debate on whether you must say I accept. I think most lawyers say, yeah, you have to say I accept it in order for it to be valid for you,” Kelly added. “So the Fauci one is the one that has me most ticked off. Because I really do think Fauci lied repeatedly to Congress. Rand Paul certainly thinks that, and I think was preparing to go after him.”
Kelly went on to say that despite never being able to “find the smoking gun evidence” that Fauci was “was behind the COVID virus.” She said he worked on funded gain of function research. Kelly said it would be “wonderful” to get more information on Fauci’s involvement under the Trump administration. A guest jumped in to add that none of those being pardoned can plead the Fifth under oath.
“So that’s the silver lining. They all have to testify fully. They cannot plead the Fifth. By the way, it doesn’t stop any investigations whatsoever, or civil lawsuits. You know what else it doesn’t stop? Or state lawsuits. State prosecutions,” Kelly said. “You can be prosecuted by the state, a federal pardon does not — that was Trump’s problem, remember?”
“We were saying like he could pardon himself, but only for the federal crimes, not for those state prosecutions in New York or in Georgia. Well, guess what, Dr. Fauci and J6 committee members and General Milley, you’re all in the same position,” Kelly added.
Take a look at Kelly’s entire segment on Fauci.
Accoding to reports, in May 2024, the House Oversight Committee released a report revealing that David Morens, a former advisor to Fauci, had suggested Fauci use a private email address to conduct government business, according to emails obtained by the committee.
Additionally, Fauci testified before the House Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic in January 2024, where he was grilled by Republicans over his leadership during the COVID-19 pandemic.