Tuberville wants Dr. Fauci to ‘pay the price of having to go in a courtroom day in and day out’

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August 6, 2026

U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn) is hopeful that Dr. Anthony Fauci will face accountability for his “lies” during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Fauci, who led much of the response during the pandemic, repeatedly pled the Fifth during a recent Homeland Security Panel. On Thursday, the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee voted along party lines to hold Fauci in contempt of Congress after he declined to answer lawmakers’ questions, with Chairman Rand Paul saying he plans to send the committee’s recommendation to the Justice Department.

While the former NIAID Director received a federal pardon from former President Joe Biden, Tuberville thinks there’s enough evidence to sue him in state courts.

Tuberville discussed the issue Wednesday on WVNN’s “The Yaffee Program.”

“He led this country down the wrong road, and he lied to us,” Tuberville said. “And it’s not that we’re saying he’s lying; it has been proven, it has been written. We found all the evidence, and of course, why did Joe Biden pardon him? Because he sided with the Democrats in the Biden administration on closing the country down, closing their schools down, you know, forcing people to take this vaccine. That probably killed more people than the than the virus itself.”

The committee’s vote Thursday came a day after Tuberville’s comments

Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall’s office is investigating Fauci for any possible infractions made during the pandemic. Tuberville said he supports Marshall’s efforts.

“So he’ll be held in contempt. He has a federal pardon. Now he does not have a state pardon, and I visited with Steve Marshall Monday about possibly giving an opportunity for people, the families of people that lost loved ones from Alabama, to put a state lawsuit on Dr. Fauci,” Tuberville said.

“I think whether he goes to jail or not, or has they ever pay any money, he should pay the price of having to go in a courtroom day in and day out all over this country and listen to the people’s talk about losing people that they really loved, couldn’t go to weddings, couldn’t go to funerals, all the things that he created, and he should have to go through that. And again, hopefully, we can do that in the very near future in our state because Steve Marshall thinks there’s a good opportunity to to get some lawsuits going.”

Tuberville: "I'll be the governor of Alabama and I promise you we will find out if there's a possibility that we can bring him to Alabama to put him in front of a court and a jury to see if we can put this guy in prison. He killed millions of people, folks." pic.twitter.com/YMJepRnMwh

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) July 29, 2026