Paul said on The Joe Rogan Experience podcast Tuesday that he sent two criminal referrals during the Biden administration against Fauci, the former National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases director, to then-Attorney General Merrick Garland. Both were ignored.
Since then, Paul said he has been “working” with Health and Human Services Secretary Robert Kennedy Jr., who has given him “a lot of information.”
One thing Paul has discovered in Fauci’s communications is that there’s evidence Fauci was telling people to “destroy” messages after reading them.
“Well, you can’t do that. The executive branch, when they communicate, they’re required to keep their communications and they’re required to do it on government devices. So we have this evidence, and I’ve summarized it again in a criminal referral to [President Donald] Trump’s attorney general [Pam Bondi], and I still haven’t gotten action,” Paul said.
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Paul added that Fauci shouldn’t get away with destroying records and that his pardon should also be investigated. Former President Joe Biden granted the former NIAID director a sweeping pardon before leaving office. However, Paul questioned whether an autopen pardon is valid, or if a pardon grants amnesty for “everything” a person did over the course of a decade.
Paul said taking his referral to court could answer these questions, but this can’t happen until the Trump administration makes the first move.
“And I’ve been sending them referrals, and I can’t get them to do anything. I can’t guarantee they’ll win, they might lose, but they ought to go to court, take it to court,” Paul said.
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Paul, who is also a physician, has been a vocal critic of Fauci, saying in 2024 that Fauci should “go to prison” for his “dishonesty” in handling the COVID-19 pandemic. The senator also published a book, Deception: The Great COVID Cover-Up, which delved into the origins of the virus and Fauci’s bid to oppose his dissenters.
The Washington Examiner has contacted the U.S. Department of Justice and Paul for comment.
