Fauci’s Own Text Message Just Exposed the Lie He Told Pregnant Women

Anthony Fauci invoked the Fifth Amendment 111 times rather than answer Congress.

Now a newly released text message shows exactly why.

What Fauci privately told his own health officials is not what he told your family.

The Text Fauci Never Wanted You to See

In January 2021, Fauci sent a message to CDC Director Rochelle Walensky and Surgeon General Vivek Murthy that should have ended his reputation on the spot. Fauci wrote that the fever and immune reaction many people had after a second vaccine dose "theoretically could be associated with miscarriage" in the first trimester. Walensky wrote back agreeing it was worth taking seriously, especially after the second shot.

That's the director of the CDC agreeing, privately, that the vaccine millions of pregnant women were being pushed to take might carry a real risk to their unborn children.

The following month, Fauci went on CBS News and said the opposite. Pregnant women who'd been vaccinated had shown no red flags worth worrying about, he told America.

No red flags. Weeks after he'd flagged that very risk himself.

Why 111 Fifth Amendment Pleas Matter Right Now

The texts didn't fall out of the sky. Senators Rand Paul and Ron Johnson pried them out of a government-issued cellphone containing more than 34,000 messages and 522 voicemails – messages that sat buried for five years while the media told you Fauci had been fully transparent.

On July 29, 2026, Fauci sat before Paul's Senate committee under subpoena. Senators asked him about COVID origins, about the vaccines, about the pregnant women, about all of it. He invoked the Fifth Amendment 111 times. The man who ran America's pandemic response refused to answer questions from elected officials, 111 separate times.

Joe Biden pardoned Fauci on his way out the door – a preemptive pardon covering the previous 11 years. Paul's argument is that this pardon is exactly why Fauci has no basis left to hide behind the Fifth: you can't be incriminated for something you've already been pardoned for. That fight is now headed to the courts.

On August 6, the Senate Homeland Security Committee voted 8-5 along party lines to hold Fauci in contempt of Congress and send the referral to the Justice Department. Every Democrat voted against it. The DOJ confirmed it received the referral and is reviewing it.

Senator Roger Marshall – a retired obstetrician who has clashed with Fauci for years from the vantage point of a physician who actually delivered babies – called for a special counsel Tuesday on Fox & Friends. He argued a special counsel would carry subpoena power and the authority to prosecute, not just expose. Congress, Marshall said, can only go so far when "a guy takes the 5th 111 times."

The Lois Lerner Precedent Republicans Are Racing to Avoid

Lois Lerner invoked the Fifth Amendment before Congress in 2013 over the IRS targeting of conservative groups. She refused to answer questions. The Obama DOJ declined to prosecute. She retired with her pension.

The question now is whether a Trump DOJ – sitting on a contempt referral, a mountain of unreleased texts, and a senator publicly calling for a special counsel – lets Fauci walk the same way.

Lerner's stonewalling was about who approved targeting conservative nonprofits. Fauci's stonewalling is about what he knew and when he knew it, on questions tied directly to the vaccine decisions of millions of pregnant American women.

Steve Bannon also refused to comply with a congressional subpoena. He was prosecuted and served months in prison. That's the other precedent sitting on the table – and it cuts the opposite direction from Lerner's.

A special counsel decides which precedent applies here. Senator Marshall is right to demand one.

Senator Paul has now referred Fauci to the Justice Department four times – twice under Biden, twice under Trump. The difference this time is that Fauci's own texts are sitting in a government database alongside 34,000 others that haven't been released yet, and a man who invoked the Fifth 111 times knows exactly what's in them.

Sources:

• Taylor Penley, "Sen. Marshall Calls for Special Counsel Investigation into Anthony Fauci After COVID-19 Vaccine Texts," Fox News, August 11, 2026.
• Senators Johnson and Paul, "Senators Johnson, Paul Release Initial Texts from Dr. Fauci's Government iPhone," U.S. Senate Press Release, August 10, 2026.
• "Fauci Invokes Fifth Amendment 111 Times, Faces Contempt of Congress," Fox News, August 2026.
• "Senate Committee Votes to Hold Fauci in Contempt of Congress," CBS News, August 6, 2026.
• "GOP Senators Vote to Hold Anthony Fauci in Contempt of Congress for Invoking the Fifth During Tense Hearing," NBC News, August 6, 2026.