Florida AG threatens Fauci investigation after Senate hearing

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Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier said he will be opening up an investigation into former National Institutes of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) Dr. Anthony Fauci following Fauci's explosive decision to invoke his Fifth Amendment right and not answer any questions during a congressional hearing Wednesday. "Fauci's lack of candor to Congress is unbelievable. My office is launching an investigation into Dr. Fauci. It's past time we get the truth of what happened during COVID," Uthmeier wrote in a Wednesday post on X. Uthmeier further expanded on his decision in an exclusive statement to Fox News Digital. FAUCI PLEADS FIFTH WITH 'ZERO LEGAL JUSTIFICATION' AS CRITICS ERUPT AND DEMAND CONTEMPT CHARGES "In light of recent reports exposed by Senator Rand Paul , we will investigate any and all potential violations of Florida law involving Anthony Fauci," Uthmeier told Fox News Digital. "Our inquiry will focus on what Fauci knew, when he knew it, and how he misled the American people. We will examine the physical and monetary harms to Floridians that may have resulted from his deceptions and determine whether his conduct exposes him to liability under state law," Uthmeier's statement concluded. Uthmeier cited revelations published by Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., which revealed internal notes Fauci wrote on government computers during his time at NIAID. FAUCI'S NEWLY RELEASED COVID DIARIES REVEAL BIZARRE FIXATION ON FAME AS PANDEMIC DEATHS MOUNTED The internal notes, which Paul and others have taken to referring to as Fauci's "diary," suggest Fauci appeared to publicly overstate the death rate from COVID-19 compared to what he wrote privately. "[Former CDC Director] Tom Frieden called me this AM and we discussed various aspects of the outbreak," Fauci wrote on Feb. 8, 2020. "He and I are on the same page in thinking tht [sic] this is acting like a bad influenza in its transmissibility and that the d…