Dr. Fauci

Biden's pardon won't protect Fauci if he lies under oath again, House Oversight chair warns

House Oversight Chairman James Comer is warning Dr. Anthony Fauci that the presidential pardon he received from Joe Biden has hard limits, and that any dishonesty in his upcoming Senate testimony could carry real consequences.

Fauci appeared Wednesday before a GOP-led Senate panel chaired by Sen. Rand Paul, a longtime critic who has spent years pressing the former National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases director on COVID-19 origins and pandemic-era policy decisions.

The hearing comes days after Paul made public hundreds of pages of Fauci's personal diary entries from the pandemic period, entries that, Fox News Digital reported, appear to show Fauci reflecting on his fame and taking credit for policies that closed schools across the country.

That last detail matters. In January 2024, Fauci told the House Oversight Committee flatly: "I did not close the schools." If his own diary contradicts that claim, the gap between his sworn testimony and his private words becomes a central question.

Comer did not hold back. Biden's blanket pardon, he said, covers past conduct, not future testimony.

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