Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Chairman Rand Paul (R-KY) on Monday said Anthony Fauci will forever be marked as the first government scientist to be “preemptively pardoned for a crime.”
With hours left in his administration, Biden preemptively pardoned former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Retired Gen. Mark Milley, former government scientist Fauci, former Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY), and other members of the January 6 Committee.
Despite professing he believes in the rule of law, Biden said in a statement that “these are exceptional circumstances, and I cannot in good conscience do nothing.”
Fauci continued in his statement:
For more than half a century, Dr. Fauci served our country. He saved countless lives by managing the government’s response to pressing health crises, including HIV/AIDS, as well as the Ebola and Zika viruses. During his tenure…
