Dr. Antony Fauci has been hit with a criminal referral after Republican Senator Rand Paul decided that it was finally time to take action and push to prosecute him for perjury, hot on the heels of the revelation that his pardon from Biden was written with the infamous autopen.
For background, on July 14, 2025, Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) announced that he was issuing a criminal referral against Dr. Anthony Fauci after it was revealed that Dr. Fauci’s pardon from former President Joe Biden was signed with the notorious autopen. Sen. Paul previously accused Dr. Fauci of lying to Congress about funding Chinese research on COVID-19.
Writing on X on July 14, Sen. Paul told his followers, “Today I will reissue my criminal referral of Anthony Fauci to Trump DOJ.” He added in a subsequent post, “Perjury is a crime. And Fauci must be held accountable.” Moreover, Sen. Paul reposted a statement from conservative commentator Nick Sortor, who wrote, “Fauci lied REPEATEDLY in front of Congress and shaking while doing so. He’s guilty of perjury. LOCK HIM UP.”
Importantly, Sen. Paul’s statements came shortly after the New York Times reported that Dr. Fauci’s pardon was signed with help from a Biden White House assistant via the autopen. However, President Biden reportedly pushed back against the Times’ narrative, saying, “I made every single one of those,” adding, “I understand why Trump would think that, because obviously, I guess, he doesn’t focus much. Anyway, so — yes, I made every decision.”
Furthermore, in a press release from the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, Sen. Paul provided more details regarding his criminal referral against Dr. Fauci. The senator said, “In July 2023, I referred Dr. Anthony Fauci to the Department of Justice for lying under oath to Congress. His own emails directly contradicted his sworn testimony.”
Continuing, the senator called attention to the New York Times’ coverage of the autopen scandal, saying, “The New York Times reports Fauci was quietly pardoned by an autopen, operated by Biden’s staff. If the President didn’t authorize this pardon personally, then the Department has a duty to investigate and prosecute as it would any ordinary citizen. Fauci has been sainted by the extremist Left, but it doesn’t erase his lying before Congress.”
Moreover, the press release clarified that the New York Times had reported that there were “several last-minute pardons” issued under the Biden administration that were “executed not by President Biden himself, but by staff using an autopen.” However, the release clarified, “According to the report, Biden did not directly authorize all the clemency grants issued in his name, and some documents were altered by staff before being signed—without any documented presidential review or approval.”
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In addition, the committee shared Sen. Paul’s renewed criminal referral, which focuses on accusations of perjury. Sen. Paul wrote the following to U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi: “On January 19, 2025, Dr. Fauci was issued a full and unconditional pardon for any offenses that he may have committed or taken part in since 2014. Dr. Fauci was included among a group of individuals granted unprecedented preemptive pardons on President Joe Biden’s final day in office.”
Watch Dr. Fauci face off with Sen. Paul:
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