Can Republicans Actually Send Anthony Fauci to Jail?
David GilbertPoliticsJul 31, 2026 12:09 PMCan Republicans Actually Send Anthony Fauci to Jail?MAGA is loudly calling for the former White House chief medical advisor to end up in prison. “People are furious today to cut on this and see Fauci hiding behind the Fifth Amendment … He should die in prison.”“Why isn’t he under arrest?” far-right podcaster Matt Walsh wrote on X. Why aren’t you actually doing anything?”Fauci appeared before the US Senate committee investigating his handling of the Covid-19 pandemic and invoked his constitutional right to stay silent, known as the Fifth Amendment, over 100 times.
- ▪David GilbertPoliticsJul 31, 2026 12:09 PMCan Republicans Actually Send Anthony Fauci to Jail?MAGA is loudly calling for the former White House chief medical advisor to end up in prison.
- ▪“People are furious today to cut on this and see Fauci hiding behind the Fifth Amendment … He should die in prison.”“Why isn’t he under arrest?” far-right podcaster Matt Walsh wrote on X.
- ▪Why aren’t you actually doing anything?”Fauci appeared before the US Senate committee investigating his handling of the Covid-19 pandemic and invoked his constitutional right to stay silent, known as the Fifth Amendment, over 100 times.
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David GilbertPoliticsJul 31, 2026 12:09 PMCan Republicans Actually Send Anthony Fauci to Jail?MAGA is loudly calling for the former White House chief medical advisor to end up in prison. WIRED asked legal experts to weigh in on whether that’s even possible.Photograph: ALEX WROBLEWSKI/Getty ImagesCommentLoaderSave StorySave this storyCommentLoaderSave StorySave this storyIn the immediate aftermath of Anthony Fauci’s tense congressional hearing on Wednesday, where he refused to answer any questions and invoked the Fifth Amendment, MAGA figures and Republican officials appeared to be seeking one thing: jail time for the former White House chief medical advisor.“Why, when Fauci walks off of there today, is he not cuffed?” Steve Bannon, a former advisor to President Donald Trump, asked on his…
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