Six years after the COVID-19 pandemic and weeks after Dr. Anthony Fauci's defiant appearance before the Senate, some lawmakers are not giving up on seeking accountability for Fauci and other officials involved in the federal response to the pandemic. Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) tells Breitbart his office is still actively reviewing about a million pages of material and uncovering new information on devices as part of his investigation into the abuses and failings of the pandemic response. "I think it's crucial that we have a COVID reckoning," said Johnson. "These people need to be held accountable."
At the top of that list is Dr. Fauci, who pled the Fifth 111 times before the Senate, even after President Biden preemptively granted him a pardon for his role in the federal response. That has led to questions about whether Fauci can be prosecuted criminally. Regardless, Johnson plans to prosecute Fauci in the court of public opinion. "I want to make sure that Anthony Fauci's reputation is completely destroyed," Johnson told Breitbart.
Dr. Mary Talley Bowden, who has been targeted by the government and medical establishment since early in the pandemic, is encouraged by Johnson's investigation. "I do trust Senator Ron Johnson," she tells KTRH. "He is the only senator in Congress who has publicly called for the COVID shots to be pulled off the market...Rand Paul has not done that."
Still, Johnson admitted getting prosecutions against Fauci or other offficials is unlikely. "It's going to be difficult to prosecute these people, especially in D.C.," he told Breitbart. "You can convict a Republican in D.C., but you can't convict a Democrat basically."
Dr. Bowden agrees that accountability will most likely come in the form of public shaming rather than prosecutions. But for her, any accountability for what the government did would be welcome. "I'm actually still fighting the Texas Medical Board, so it's still very fresh to me," she says. "So it's very frustrating that all of this has taken as long as it has, to get anything to happen to expose this."
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