{"id":25151,"date":"2026-08-02T12:28:33","date_gmt":"2026-08-02T07:28:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=25151"},"modified":"2026-08-02T12:28:33","modified_gmt":"2026-08-02T07:28:33","slug":"louisiana-ag-liz-murrill-to-investigate-fauci-after-fifth-amendment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=25151","title":{"rendered":"Louisiana AG Liz Murrill to investigate Fauci after Fifth Amendment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div data-layout-index=\"4\" class=\"featured featured-video video-ct\" data-v-7b1896ea=\"\"><!----> <\/p>\n<div class=\"contain\" data-v-7b1896ea=\"\">  <!----> <\/p>\n<div class=\"info\" data-v-7b1896ea=\"\">\n<div class=\"caption\" data-v-7b1896ea=\"\">\n<h4 class=\"title\" data-v-7b1896ea=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/video\/6402600411112\" data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_politics_article_main-content_featured-video_5_1\" data-v-7b1896ea=\"\">Fauci invokes Fifth Amendment 111 times in hearing<\/a><\/h4>\n<p data-v-7b1896ea=\"\">Former federal prosecutor Jonathan Fahey discusses Dr. Anthony Fauci&#8217;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<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"beyondwords-wrapper\" data-layout-index=\"5\" class=\"beyondwords-wrapper\">\n<p><span class=\"label-bg\">NEW<\/span>You can now listen to Fox News articles!\n  <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\" class=\"speakable\"><a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_politics_article_main-content_article-body_6_2786199\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/us\/us-regions\/southeast\/louisiana\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">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<p data-layout-index=\"5\" class=\"speakable\">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&#8217;s Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee hearing and declined to answer lawmakers&#8217; questions.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">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<p data-layout-index=\"5\"><a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_politics_article_main-content_article-body_6_2786200\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/can-fauci-hide-behind-fifth-game-changing-biden-pardon-may-not-provide-complete-cover-experts-say\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>CAN FAUCI HIDE BEHIND THE FIFTH? GAME-CHANGING BIDEN PARDON MAY NOT PROVIDE COMPLETE COVER, EXPERTS SAY<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div data-layout-index=\"5\" class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/343\/192\/anthony-fauci-liz-murrill-tommy-tuberville.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/686\/384\/anthony-fauci-liz-murrill-tommy-tuberville.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"192\" width=\"343\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/672\/378\/anthony-fauci-liz-murrill-tommy-tuberville.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1344\/756\/anthony-fauci-liz-murrill-tommy-tuberville.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"378\" width=\"672\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/931\/523\/anthony-fauci-liz-murrill-tommy-tuberville.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1862\/1046\/anthony-fauci-liz-murrill-tommy-tuberville.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"523\" width=\"931\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/720\/405\/anthony-fauci-liz-murrill-tommy-tuberville.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1440\/810\/anthony-fauci-liz-murrill-tommy-tuberville.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"405\" width=\"720\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1200\/675\/anthony-fauci-liz-murrill-tommy-tuberville.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"Dr. Anthony Fauci, Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill and Sen. Tommy Tuberville\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p><span>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.<\/span> <span>(Kevin Dietsch\/Getty Images; Anna Moneymaker\/Getty Images; @RenownedPhotos)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">&#8220;Fauci lied,&#8221; Murrill wrote. &#8220;Louisiana and Missouri <a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_politics_article_main-content_article-body_6_2786201\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/watch-fauci-walks-away-when-pressed-fifth-amendment-pandemic-regrets\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">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.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">&#8220;Louisiana will join Alabama &amp; Florida in <a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_politics_article_main-content_article-body_6_2786202\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/outkick-analysis\/legacy-media-ignores-massive-anthony-fauci-document-release-alleging-misled-congress-covid-origins\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">investigating Fauci<\/a> and whether he committed any other offenses that could be pursued in our State courts,&#8221; she added.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry also weighed in, writing on X, &#8220;As someone who was Attorney General alongside Eric Schmitt, and deposed Dr. Fauci, I am happy to have Louisiana join <a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_politics_article_main-content_article-body_6_2786203\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/us\/us-regions\/southeast\/alabama\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Alabama<\/a> and Florida!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\"><a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_politics_article_main-content_article-body_6_2786204\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/fauci-fifth-fuels-vow-haul-him-court-every-day-despite-biden-pardon\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>FAUCI&#8217;S FIFTH FUELS VOW TO HAUL HIM INTO COURT &#8216;EVERY DAY&#8217; DESPITE BIDEN PARDON<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div data-layout-index=\"5\" class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/343\/192\/louisiana-attorney-general-liz-murrill.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/686\/384\/louisiana-attorney-general-liz-murrill.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"192\" width=\"343\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/672\/378\/louisiana-attorney-general-liz-murrill.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/1344\/756\/louisiana-attorney-general-liz-murrill.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"378\" width=\"672\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/931\/523\/louisiana-attorney-general-liz-murrill.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/1862\/1046\/louisiana-attorney-general-liz-murrill.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"523\" width=\"931\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/720\/405\/louisiana-attorney-general-liz-murrill.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/1440\/810\/louisiana-attorney-general-liz-murrill.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"405\" width=\"720\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/1200\/675\/louisiana-attorney-general-liz-murrill.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p><span>Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill announced her office will investigate Dr. Anthony Fauci following his recent Senate hearing.<\/span> <span>(Chris Graythen\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">Louisiana is the latest state to announce an <a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_politics_article_main-content_article-body_6_2786205\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/politics\/finance\/investigations\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">investigation<\/a> into Fauci.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier announced Thursday that his office would investigate Fauci following <a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_politics_article_main-content_article-body_6_2786206\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/fauci-repeatedly-pleads-fifth-fiery-showdown-rand-paul\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the Senate hearing<\/a>. Uthmeier previously told Fox News Digital that &#8220;any and all potential violations of Florida law&#8221; are under review.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala., also told Fox News Digital that Fauci&#8217;s federal pardon does not shield him from potential state prosecutions because presidential pardons apply only to &#8220;offenses against the United States.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\"><a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_politics_article_main-content_article-body_6_2786207\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/reporters-notebook-why-faucis-111-fifth-amendment-pleas-could-end-up-before-courts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>REPORTER&#8217;S NOTEBOOK: WHY FAUCI&#8217;S 111 FIFTH AMENDMENT PLEAS COULD END UP BEFORE THE COURTS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div data-layout-index=\"5\" class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/343\/192\/Dr-Fauci-testimony.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/686\/384\/Dr-Fauci-testimony.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"192\" width=\"343\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/672\/378\/Dr-Fauci-testimony.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1344\/756\/Dr-Fauci-testimony.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"378\" width=\"672\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/931\/523\/Dr-Fauci-testimony.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1862\/1046\/Dr-Fauci-testimony.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"523\" width=\"931\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/720\/405\/Dr-Fauci-testimony.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1440\/810\/Dr-Fauci-testimony.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"405\" width=\"720\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1200\/675\/Dr-Fauci-testimony.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"Dr-Fauci-testimony\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p><span>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.<\/span> <span>(Alex Wroblewski \/ AFP via Getty Images)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">&#8220;Anthony Fauci is responsible for the deaths of millions of Americans and tens of thousands of Alabamians,&#8221; Tuberville said. &#8220;The &#8216;pardon&#8217; signed by Joe Biden&#8217;s autopen doesn&#8217;t apply to state-level crimes.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">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<p data-layout-index=\"5\">&#8220;When I&#8217;m governor of Alabama, I will look into ways we can hold Fauci accountable for all of the Alabamians who died under his watch.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\"><a href=\"https:\/\/foxnews.onelink.me\/xLDS?pid=AppArticleLink&amp;af_dp=foxnewsaf%3A%2F%2F&amp;af_web_dp=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.foxnews.com%2Fapps-products\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE FOX NEWS APP<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">Fox News Digital has reached out to Fauci&#8217;s attorney for comment.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\"><i>Fox News Digital&#8217;s Charles Creitz contributed to this report.<\/i><\/p>\n<p> <!----> <!----> <\/div>\n<script async=\"async\" data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/pl30214220.effectivecpmnetwork.com\/9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<div id=\"container-9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\"><\/div>\r\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fauci invokes Fifth Amendment 111 times in hearing Former federal prosecutor Jonathan Fahey discusses Dr. Anthony Fauci&#8217;s congressional testimony where he invoked the Fifth Amendment 111 times while facing questions related to his personal diary and the COVID-19 pandemic. 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