Florida subpoenas Fauci over pandemic records
Attorney General James Uthmeier seeks documents on alleged self-dealing during Fauci's tenure leading the US Covid response
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What this story says
- Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier issued a formal subpoena to Anthony Fauci on 29 May 2024, seeking records related to his tenure leading the US pandemic response.
- The subpoena targets alleged self-dealing, though no specific financial figure is cited in the reports.
- Fauci invoked the Fifth Amendment over 100 times during a Senate hearing last week, as reported by right-rated outlets.
- No left- or centre-rated outlet carried this story, according to the reports available.
Who covered it
Percentages are shares of the 28 outlets carrying a published leaning rating. 12 of the 40 outlets we know ran this story carry no rating and are not counted in them. Coverage measured .
Trust
68/100
Craft
52/100
Hype
45/100
40 sources · methodology
Missing from the left
Only 3 of the 28 outlets with a published leaning rating that ran this story are rated left.
A reader who follows the left would not have seen this. We report the absence rather than explain it: outlets choose what to cover for many reasons, and we have no evidence about which one applies here.
Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier issued a formal investigative subpoena to Anthony Fauci on 29 May 2024. The subpoena seeks records related to what Uthmeier’s office described as potential self-dealing during Fauci’s tenure as director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. Uthmeier announced the subpoena in an interview on Fox News.
The subpoena follows a Senate hearing last week in which Fauci invoked the Fifth Amendment over 100 times. Republican Senator Rand Paul led the hearing and warned Fauci during the proceedings. The reports do not specify which documents the subpoena requests or what specific allegations it addresses beyond self-dealing.
What the coverage left out
None of the right-rated digests mention whether Fauci or his representatives responded to the subpoena. No left- or centre-rated outlet carried this story, according to the reports available.
Coverage settled. We checked this 136 times and stopped on 12 Aug 2026, 02:46. The figures above are what it finished at.
How each side covered it
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Left
3 rated outlets
We have not written our reading of the left coverage of this story. The left-rated outlets that ran it are listed below.
Centre
7 rated outlets
We have not written our reading of the centre coverage of this story. The centre-rated outlets that ran it are listed below.
Right
18 rated outlets
- Both right-rated digests led on the subpoena as a response to Fauci’s refusal to answer questions during the Senate hearing. American Faith’s digest framed the subpoena as an investigation into self-dealing during Fauci’s leadership of the pandemic response. American Wire News’s digest highlighted Fauci’s invocation of the Fifth Amendment over 100 times, quoting Senator Rand Paul’s warning to Fauci during the hearing.
- Neither digest mentioned a specific financial figure tied to the allegations. The focus was on the subpoena itself and Fauci’s conduct during the Senate hearing. Both digests attributed the subpoena’s announcement to Uthmeier’s interview on Fox News.
Questions about this coverage
- How did the left and right cover Florida subpoenas Fauci over pandemic records?
- Of the 28 outlets on this story carrying a published leaning rating, 11% are rated left, 25% are rated centre, 64% are rated right. Those percentages are shares of the rated outlets, not of every outlet that ran it, which was 40. The sections above set out what each side emphasised, in its own terms.
- Is Florida subpoenas Fauci over pandemic records left or right?
- Neither side dominates it. Of the 28 rated outlets on this story, 11% are rated left, 25% are rated centre, 64% are rated right, and no side holds the 70% this site would want before calling a field one-sided. A story is not left or right in any case; the outlets that carried it are what carry ratings.
- Is the coverage of Florida subpoenas Fauci over pandemic records biased?
- Florida subpoenas Fauci over pandemic records is one event reported by 40 outlets, and this page does not rate the story as biased or unbiased. What it publishes is the spread: which outlets ran it, where named rating organisations place each of them on the spectrum, and what each side chose to lead with. A leaning rating describes an outlet's record over time, not this article, and the two should not be run together.
- Which side is not reporting Florida subpoenas Fauci over pandemic records?
- When we first saw this story, outlets rated left had barely covered it. Coverage accretes for hours after an event, so that is where to look rather than a verdict — the split above is the current count, and it is the one to read.
- Which outlets covered Florida subpoenas Fauci over pandemic records?
- 40 that we know of, every one of them listed further up this page with a link to its own report and to what we hold on the publisher. Nothing here is a summary of somebody else's summary: the outlets are named so the original reporting can be read.
- What is the Florida subpoena about?
- Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier issued a subpoena to Anthony Fauci on 29 May 2024, seeking records related to alleged self-dealing during his leadership of the US pandemic response. The subpoena follows Fauci’s invocation of the Fifth Amendment over 100 times during a Senate hearing last week.
- Did Fauci respond to the subpoena?
- The reports available do not mention whether Anthony Fauci or his representatives have responded to the subpoena issued by Florida’s Attorney General. The focus of the coverage is on the subpoena itself and Fauci’s conduct during a recent Senate hearing.
- Which outlets covered this story?
- Two right-rated outlets, American Faith and American Wire News, carried digests of the story. No left- or centre-rated outlet reported on the subpoena, according to the material available.
Read it at the source
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Left
3- GOP wants a prosecution (opens News & Record in a new tab)
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- Three state attorneys general subpoena Anthony Fauci over Covid guidance (opens NBC News in a new tab)
- Florida AG, alongside 2 other red states, subpoenas Fauci (opens Politico in a new tab)
Centre
7- GOP wants a prosecution (opens The Billings Gazette in a new tab)
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- GOP wants a prosecution (opens Lincoln Journal Star in a new tab)
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- Three state attorneys general subpoena Anthony Fauci (opens The Hill in a new tab)
- Florida AG subpoenas Dr. Fauci over ‘apparent self-dealing’ during COVID pandemic (opens WKMG in a new tab)
- Florida Opens Civil Probe Into Anthony Fauci (opens South Florida Reporter in a new tab)
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- Florida attorney general subpoenas Dr. Anthony Fauci for alleged 'self-dealing' during COVID-19 pandemic (opens First Coast in a new tab)
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- Florida Subpoenas Fauci in Civil COVID-19 Investigation (opens News Facts Network in a new tab)
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Right
18- Fauci subpoenaed by three Republican AGs for 'profiting' from COVID guidance (opens LifeSiteNews in a new tab)
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- Will Fauci Suffer Any Consequences? (opens ussanews.com in a new tab)
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- Will Fauci Suffer Any Consequences? (opens The New American in a new tab)
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- Three GOP Attorneys General Subpoena Fauci Over Allegations He Profited From COVID Guidance - Real News Now (opens realnewsnow.com in a new tab)
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- NEWS HEADLINES: Fauci subpoenaed in multi-state AG probe over COVID-19 guidance, self-enrichment claims – One America News Network (opens U-S-NEWS.COM in a new tab)
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- Dr. Anthony Fauci stunned by 3 criminal subpoenas (opens thehornnews.com in a new tab)
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- Trump's Great Corona Bill: Republicans Want to See Fauci Behind Lockdowns (opens Berliner Morgenpost in a new tab)
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- More Trouble For Fauci Ahead Even After Congress Is Done With Him (opens The Daily Caller in a new tab)
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- Dr. Anthony Fauci subpoenaed by three GOP state AGs for allegedly ‘profiting’ off COVID-19 guidance (opens New York Post in a new tab)
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- Florida Just Subpoenaed Fauci Over His $900,000 Award (opens American Faith in a new tab)
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- Florida AG announces investigation into Fauci: 'He's got something to hide' · American Wire News (opens American Wire News in a new tab)
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- Fauci subpoenaed in multi-state AG probe over COVID-19 guidance, self-enrichment claims (opens OAN in a new tab)
- Three GOP attorneys general issue subpoena for Anthony Fauci for probe into awards (opens Just the News in a new tab)
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- Fauci on trial: Will silence seal the historical record of the pandemic in darkness? (opens BizNews.com in a new tab)
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- Florida Subpoenas Fauci in Probe of COVID Guidance, Awards and Alleged Personal Profit (opens [your]NEWS in a new tab)
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- Florida Launches Investigation Into Fauci over Claims About Safety and Efficacy of Covid Vaccines (opens politika.rs in a new tab)
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- Anthony Fauci Subpoenaed By Republican Attorney General – 100PercentFedUp.com – by Danielle (opens 100% FED UP! in a new tab)
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- Fauci slapped with subpoena as COVID doc probed for 'profiting' off federal guidance (opens Fox News in a new tab)
Not rated
12- Pressure Mounts on Fauci as More States Join Florida’s Expanding COVID Investigation (opens matzav.com in a new tab)
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- Trump Suggests that the U.S. Department of Justice Should Prosecute Anthony Fauci (opens The Objective in a new tab)
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- USA: Republicans Chase Corona Doctor – and Want to See Him Behind Bars (opens Ostthüringer Zeitung in a new tab)
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- USA: Republicans Chase Corona Doctor – and Want to See Him Behind Bars (opens wr.de in a new tab)
- USA: Republicans Chase Corona Doctor – and Want to See Him Behind Bars (opens braunschweiger-zeitung.de in a new tab)
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- USA: Republicans Chase Corona Doctor – and Want to See Him Behind Bars (opens ikz-online.de in a new tab)
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- USA: Republicans Chase Corona Doctor – and Want to See Him Behind Bars (opens tlz.de in a new tab)
- USA: Republicans Chase Corona Doctor – and Want to See Him Behind Bars (opens Thüringer Allgemeine in a new tab)
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- USA: Republicans Chase Corona Doctor – and Want to See Him Behind Bars (opens Hamburger Abendblatt in a new tab)
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- COVID debate endures - The Iola Register (opens Iola Register in a new tab)
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- Fauci Slapped with Subpoena as COVID Doc Probed for ‘Profiting' off Federal Guidance (opens Restoring Liberty in a new tab)
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- Florida Attorney General Issues Subpoena to Dr. Fauci for Accountability Regarding the COVID-19 Pandemic. (opens 大纪元 Epoch Times in a new tab)
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