Newly released text messages from Dr.Anthony Fauci are intensifying scrutiny of what the former White House advisor knew and said during the COVID-19 pandemic — and prompting calls for an investigation with the power to prosecute."[A special counsel has] subpoena power.
They can have an independent investigation, and then they can prosecute as well," Sen.Roger Marshall, R-Kan., said Tuesday on "Fox & Friends.""All Congress can do is expose the truth or try to expose the truth, which is hard to do when a guy takes the 5th 111 times," he added.FAUCI IN THE HOT SEAT AS GOP SENATOR TEARS INTO 'TRULY SICK' VACCINE TEXTS: 'TIP OF THE ICEBERG'Sen.
Roger Marshall (R-KS) speaks to reporters in the Senate subway on Capitol Hill on Dec.11, 2025 in Washington, DC.; Dr.
Anthony Fauci, former director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), arrives for a closed-door interview with the House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic at the U.S.Capitol Jan.
8, 2024 in Washington, DC.(Andrew Harnik/Getty Images; Drew Angerer/Getty Images)Marshall also floated a full 9/11-style commission as another possibility, though he acknowledged the decision ultimately rests with the attorney general.A retired obstetrician, Marshall has long clashed with Fauci over COVID-19 origins, pandemic policies and the government's vaccine guidance, challenging the former National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) director both as a senator and a physician.His latest criticism centers on a newly released tranche of text messages between Fauci and other top health officials discussing questions surrounding the COVID-19 vaccination during pregnancy.During the back and forth, Fauci appeared to admit he had concerns about the impact of mRNA vaccines on pregnant women."I asked around a bit more and another issue came up that you need to be aware of," Fauci wrote in a message dated January 2021.A syringe lies next to vials of COVID-19 booster va...