{"id":799184,"date":"2026-08-02T11:32:13","date_gmt":"2026-08-02T11:32:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/799184\/"},"modified":"2026-08-02T11:32:13","modified_gmt":"2026-08-02T11:32:13","slug":"louisiana-ag-liz-murrill-to-investigate-fauci-after-fifth-amendment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/799184\/","title":{"rendered":"Louisiana AG Liz Murrill to investigate Fauci after Fifth Amendment"},"content":{"rendered":"

Fauci invokes Fifth Amendment 111 times in hearing<\/a> <\/p>\n

Former federal prosecutor Jonathan Fahey discusses Dr. Anthony Fauci’s congressional testimony where he invoked the Fifth Amendment 111 times while facing questions related to his personal diary and the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n

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Louisiana<\/a> Attorney General Liz Murrill said Saturday that her office will investigate Dr. Anthony Fauci, days after the former top health official invoked his Fifth Amendment right during a contentious Senate hearing.<\/p>\n

Fauci, the former director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, invoked his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination 111 times during Wednesday’s Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee hearing and declined to answer lawmakers’ questions.<\/p>\n

Murrill shared a Fox News Digital story on X noting that, despite receiving a federal pardon from former President Joe Biden, Fauci could still potentially face prosecution under state law.<\/p>\n

CAN FAUCI HIDE BEHIND THE FIFTH? GAME-CHANGING BIDEN PARDON MAY NOT PROVIDE COMPLETE COVER, EXPERTS SAY<\/a><\/p>\n

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Dr. Anthony Fauci, center, has become the focus of investigations announced by Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill, right, and supported by Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala., following his recent Senate hearing. (Kevin Dietsch\/Getty Images; Anna Moneymaker\/Getty Images; @RenownedPhotos)<\/p>\n

“Fauci lied,” Murrill wrote. “Louisiana and Missouri deposed Dr. Fauci<\/a>. At the time, he claimed to not recall many key details of his own actions and now we are discovering contemporaneous records he kept.”<\/p>\n

“Louisiana will join Alabama & Florida in investigating Fauci<\/a> and whether he committed any other offenses that could be pursued in our State courts,” she added.<\/p>\n

Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry also weighed in, writing on X, “As someone who was Attorney General alongside Eric Schmitt, and deposed Dr. Fauci, I am happy to have Louisiana join Alabama<\/a> and Florida!”<\/p>\n

FAUCI’S FIFTH FUELS VOW TO HAUL HIM INTO COURT ‘EVERY DAY’ DESPITE BIDEN PARDON<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Louisiana <\/p>\n

Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill announced her office will investigate Dr. Anthony Fauci following his recent Senate hearing. (Chris Graythen\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n

Louisiana is the latest state to announce an investigation<\/a> into Fauci.<\/p>\n

Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier announced Thursday that his office would investigate Fauci following the Senate hearing<\/a>. Uthmeier previously told Fox News Digital that “any and all potential violations of Florida law” are under review.<\/p>\n

Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala., also told Fox News Digital that Fauci’s federal pardon does not shield him from potential state prosecutions because presidential pardons apply only to “offenses against the United States.”<\/p>\n

REPORTER’S NOTEBOOK: WHY FAUCI’S 111 FIFTH AMENDMENT PLEAS COULD END UP BEFORE THE COURTS<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Dr-Fauci-testimony\" <\/p>\n

Dr. Anthony Fauci is sworn in during a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on July 29, 2026. (Alex Wroblewski \/ AFP via Getty Images)<\/p>\n

“Anthony Fauci is responsible for the deaths of millions of Americans and tens of thousands of Alabamians,” Tuberville said. “The ‘pardon’ signed by Joe Biden’s autopen doesn’t apply to state-level crimes.”<\/p>\n

Tuberville, who is running for Alabama governor, said that if elected he would explore ways to pursue state charges against Fauci while encouraging Alabamians to pursue civil claims.<\/p>\n

“When I’m governor of Alabama, I will look into ways we can hold Fauci accountable for all of the Alabamians who died under his watch.”<\/p>\n

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Fox News Digital has reached out to Fauci’s attorney for comment.<\/p>\n

Fox News Digital’s Charles Creitz contributed to this report.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Fauci invokes Fifth Amendment 111 times in hearing Former federal prosecutor Jonathan Fahey discusses Dr. Anthony Fauci’s congressional…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":799185,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[23,85949,16676,6098,3,111,21,19,22,20,25,24],"class_list":["post-799184","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-united-states","tag-america","tag-anthony-fauci","tag-attorney-general","tag-louisiana","tag-news","tag-politics","tag-united-states","tag-united-states-of-america","tag-unitedstates","tag-unitedstatesofamerica","tag-us","tag-usa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/799184","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=799184"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/799184\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/799185"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=799184"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=799184"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=799184"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}