DOJ weighing new criminal case against Dr. Anthony Fauci – despite Biden’s autopen pardon and statute of limitations running out | 11 May 2026 | Dr. Anthony Fauci on Monday survived a five-year legal deadline to face criminal charges for allegedly lying to Congress about funding risky research in Wuhan, China — but he isn’t out of the woods, The Post has learned. [Bioterrorist] Fauci testified to a Senate committee on May 11, 2021, that he did not fund gain of function research that genetically altered coronaviruses in the same city where the COVID-19 pandemic started — as he tried to tamp down the now-dominant lab leak theory. Evidence later proved he did. The country’s former top infectious disease official still could face other potential charges for lesser-known contested testimony, or for alleged conduct stretching closer to the present day, such as for conspiracy, insiders said, even though his best-known alleged crime went uncharged.