By Noreen Marcus, FloridaBulldog.org
Gov. Ron DeSantis, who like President Donald Trump still has it in for Dr. Anthony Fauci, is making another run at blaming the retired public health leader for COVID-19’s toll on Florida.
But the governor has at least one hurdle to clear: His first attempt failed. A statewide grand jury found no criminality in efforts to contain the virus that has killed more than 87,000 Floridians.
During the grand jurors’ 18-month term, “we did not find any statute that we believed would be an appropriate vehicle for a criminal indictment,” their final report states.The report went to the Florida Supreme Court in November and was unsealed on Jan. 6.
Disbanding the grand jury might have ended the criminal inquiry but didn’t. Fauci received some unwanted attention when then-president Joe Biden pardoned him in advance as one of Biden’s last official acts. Trump responded by removing Fauci’s security detail as one of his first official acts.
And DeSantis announced he’s counting on new Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier to prosecute Fauci, the “chief henchman” of the U.S. coronavirus response. The governor not only rejected Fauci’s health guidance but attacked him viciously.
Biden’s pardon protects Fauci from federal prosecution, not from state prosecution. DeSantis emphasized the difference in recent remarks to the Yale Federalist Society.
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