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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

Left 12%(2)Centre 29%(5)Right 59%(10)

Percentages are shares of the 17 outlets carrying a published leaning rating. 2 of the 19 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

19 sources · methodology

Thin on the left so far

Only 2 of the 17 outlets with a published leaning rating that ran this story are rated left.

This story is still being watched, so it is a count and not yet a finding. Coverage keeps arriving for hours after an event, and a side that has published nothing this morning may publish by tonight. If it is still true when we stop checking, we will say so plainly.

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.

Tags:#USPolitics#PandemicResponse#GovernmentInvestigation#AnthonyFauci#FloridaSubpoena

Still developing. We have re-checked which outlets are covering this 5 times, most recently on 6 Aug 2026, 18:30, and will add the sides that appear.

How each side covered it

Our own reading of the reporting listed below, written from the outlets’ articles rather than quoted from them. The reasoning is set out on our methodology page.

Left

2 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

5 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

10 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.

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19 outlets, grouped by the leaning a published rating gives them. Every headline links to the original; an underlined outlet name opens our profile of that publisher.

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2

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5

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10
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