{"id":22603,"date":"2026-07-29T12:02:25","date_gmt":"2026-07-29T12:02:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/?p=22603"},"modified":"2026-07-29T12:02:25","modified_gmt":"2026-07-29T12:02:25","slug":"fauci-to-face-covid-reckoning-from-rand-paul-on-capitol-hill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/?p=22603","title":{"rendered":"Fauci to face COVID reckoning from Rand Paul on Capitol Hill"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div><!--(--><!--(--><!----><!--)--><!--(--><!----><\/p>\n<div class=\"article-item-body\">\n<p><strong>EXCLUSIVE: <\/strong>House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer, R-Ky., is warning Dr. Anthony Fauci that his presidential pardon has limits ahead of the former public health official&#8217;s high-profile day on Capitol Hill.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--)--><!--(--><!----><\/p>\n<div class=\"article-item-body\">\n<p>Fauci is set to testify before a GOP-led Senate panel on Wednesday, days after hundreds of pages of his COVID-19 pandemic-era diary entries were made public.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--)--><!--(--><!----><\/p>\n<div class=\"article-item-body\">\n<p>&#8220;We now know why President Biden gave a blanket pardon to Dr. Fauci. While obsessing about his own fame, Dr. Fauci wasn&#8217;t truthful with the American people about the origins of COVID and advised schools to be closed,&#8221; Comer told Fox News Digital.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--)--><!--(--><!----><\/p>\n<div class=\"article-item-body\">\n<p>&#8220;Americans are still reaping the consequences of Dr. Fauci&#8217;s actions. Biden&#8217;s pardon doesn&#8217;t cover Dr. Fauci&#8217;s testimony this week and if he continues to lie, he must be held accountable.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--)--><!--(--><!----><\/p>\n<div class=\"article-item-body\">\n<p>Fauci was among several recipients of controversial &#8220;preemptive pardons&#8221; by former President Joe Biden made during the final hours of the Democratic administration.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--)--><!--(--><!----><\/p>\n<div class=\"article-item-body\">\n<p>The pardon covers any offenses from January 1, 2014, through its issue date, or anything related &#8220;to his service as Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, as a member of the White House Coronavirus Task Force or the White House COVID-19 Response Team, or as Chief Medical Advisor to the President.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--)--><!--(--><!----><\/p>\n<div class=\"article-item-body\">\n<p>Because the pardon covers conduct during his government service, there will likely be some debate over whether it would protect him from liability stemming from his testimony.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--)--><!--(--><!----><\/p>\n<div class=\"article-item-body\">\n<p>But other House Republicans are also accusing Fauci of behaving in a way that hurts public trust in U.S. health, including the co-chairs of the House GOP Doctors&#8217; Caucus \u2014 both of whom are physicians themselves.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--)--><!--(--><!----><\/p>\n<div class=\"article-item-body\">\n<p>&#8220;Dr. Fauci, enamored with his own fame and vanity, put politics above science during the pandemic. 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