Trump on Fauci: “Maybe He Should” Be Prosecuted, “What He Did Was Far More Serious Than A Lot Of Crimes”
President Donald Trump was asked whether the Justice Department should prosecute Dr. Anthony Fauci at an Oval Office press availability on Thursday. While he did not explicitly call for charges, Trump said “maybe he should” be prosecuted and argued that Fauci’s actions were “far more serious than a lot of crimes.”
REPORTER: Do you think the DOJ should prosecute Dr. Fauci? PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP: Well, you know, they prosecuted Peter Navarro, and they prosecuted Steve Bannon, two very decent people, over something that essentially was never prosecuted before. And there are sort of telltale signs of similarity. And they went to jail for a number of months over something that they… One of the analysts said they used to laugh at it in the Justice Department when something like that was referred. But Merrick Garland prosecuted two very decent people and sent them to jail. I wasn’t president. I would have given him a pardon in two seconds, but I wasn’t. It was after I left. They waited till after I left, and then they prosecuted these two people, and they ought to be ashamed of themselves. So when you see that happen, you sort of say maybe he should. But what he did is far more serious than a lot of crimes, frankly. But they prosecuted two people when nothing like that has ever taken place before.
