Shawn Fleetwood writes for the Federalist about potential legal peril for the nation’s former COVID czar.
There are a lot of sordid government figures in need of real accountability for abusing their power against the American people. But perhaps none other is more deserving than Dr. Anthony Fauci.
As White House Covid czar during the Trump and Biden presidencies, Fauci was tasked with overseeing the governmental response to the viral outbreak. While marketed as the leading authority on all things Covid-19, Americans would learn in the years that followed that the self-absorbed health official and his allies’ conduct throughout the pandemic amounted to everything but “following the science.” …
… Speaking with The Federalist, several legal specialists noted the difficulty state prosecutors will likely face as they seek to hold Fauci accountable for his Covid conduct. In spite of these prospective hurdles, however, they offered several potential avenues they say are worth pursuing to ensure the American people get the justice they deserve.
“I am very much in the camp that Fauci lied to the American people, and he deserves to be held accountable for those lies, both at the state and federal level,” America First Policy Institute Senior Fellow Chad Mizelle told The Federalist. “I certainly think that state governments have options in pursuing claims against Fauci, and I very much hope that they will.” …
… While noting the damaging consequences from the policies advised by Fauci and Co. (children’s learning loss, business losses from lockdown policies, and so forth), Mizelle, a former senior Justice Department official, said state attorneys general might want to examine action under consumer protection and deceptive practices statutes. He noted that while such laws have been used to go after major corporations and organizations for “intentionally deceiving consumers,” they could also potentially provide a route to pursue Fauci.
“Here, it could be buying masks; it could be getting vaccines that they otherwise wouldn’t have done; it could have been foregoing opening a business when they otherwise would have done that,” Mizelle said. “I think that’s one potential interesting avenue that, if I were a state, I’d want to explore.”
