Fauci’s Biden autopen pardon won’t spare him from prosecution for 5th Amendment spectacle – GOP senators | 29 July 2026 | Dr. Anthony Fauci’s pardon from Joe Biden won’t save him from prosecution for obstructing Congress, Sen. Rand Paul warned on Wednesday. The former head of the federal infectious diseases agency is no longer protected by Biden’s autopen-signed pardon, which only excuses potential illegal acts committed by Fauci between Jan. 1, 2014, and Jan. 19, 2025. warned Fauci when his turn came to grill the 85-year-old doctor. “You don’t have any rights under the Fifth Amendment because you’ve been pardoned, as you very well know, as the Supreme Court has been clear for a century and more. Brown vs. Walker, 1896, ‘When he has been pardoned, he may not stand upon his privilege.'”