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Fauci criminal-referral Reel: real seven-state petitions, no charges yet

Short version
There is a real kernel here: the Facebook Reel points to publicized private criminal-referral requests against Dr. Anthony Fauci and other COVID officials in seven U.S. states. Biden’s archived Jan. 20, 2025 statement also says he pardoned Fauci, and the DOJ pardon FAQ says presidential clemency does not cover state-law offenses.
But the stronger social-video framing is not proven. A criminal referral request is not an indictment, charge, conviction or court finding. The reviewed source trail does not prove that Fauci committed murder, terrorism, racketeering, fraud, abuse or assault. It also does not turn the lab-origin/gain-of-function dispute into a court-tested finding that Fauci caused a “man-made pandemic.”
What the Reel claims
The downloaded Facebook Reel is from Nicolas Hulscher’s Facebook page and resolves to video ID 2082158242409154. The caption says criminal-referral requests have been filed against Anthony Fauci in seven states and that Fauci’s Biden “autopen pardon” cannot stop state-level prosecutions.
The audio says Tulsi Gabbard declassified documents “confirm” Fauci funded gain-of-function activities with taxpayer dollars to the Wuhan Institute of Virology, that this resulted in a man-made pandemic that killed millions, that Fauci lied to Congress, and that Vires Law Group filed criminal referrals in seven states.
What checks out
Referral requests: supported as a public advocacy/source-trail claim. Hulscher’s posts and the Reel describe private criminal-referral requests connected to Vires Law Group and the Former Feds Group Freedom Foundation in seven states. That is materially different from saying seven states have charged Fauci.
Biden pardon: supported. The archived Biden White House statement from Jan. 20, 2025 says Biden was exercising constitutional authority to pardon General Mark Milley, Dr. Anthony S. Fauci, Jan. 6 committee members/staff, and police officers who testified before the committee.
Federal vs state: supported as a legal distinction. The DOJ Office of the Pardon Attorney explains that a state-law offense is not an offense against the United States and state clemency is handled by state authorities. So a federal presidential pardon, by itself, does not bar a state prosecution.
NIH/Wuhan controversy: partly supported, still contested. The House COVID Select Subcommittee majority report says NIH funded gain-of-function research at the Wuhan Institute of Virology and says SARS-CoV-2 likely emerged from a laboratory or research-related accident. That is an important public-record anchor, but it remains a committee-majority finding rather than a criminal conviction or universal scientific/legal finding.
What is not proven by the Reel
No charges shown: the package reviewed shows referral requests and public claims, not indictments or court-tested charges against Fauci in the seven states.
No court finding of the listed crimes: murder, terrorism, racketeering, fraud, abuse and assault are allegations in the referral framing. They should not be written as proven crimes unless a prosecutor files charges and evidence is tested in court.
No automatic perjury conclusion: the House report says Fauci’s public testimony “misled the public” over NIH funding and gain-of-function definitions. The Reel’s “verified perjury” wording goes further than the public-record package reviewed here.
No simple “therefore man-made pandemic” proof: a lab/research-accident theory and WIV funding claims are serious issues for investigation. They do not, by themselves, prove legal causation for millions of deaths or the mental state required for the crimes alleged in the referrals.
Why Canadians may care
This is outside Canada, but it matters to Canadian readers because pandemic accountability, public-health transparency, federal clemency, and state/provincial jurisdiction debates all travel quickly across Canadian feeds. The useful lesson is procedural: treat social clips as leads, then separate referrals, official records, committee findings and court-tested proof.
PBC bottom line
Mostly true on the narrow procedural kernel; not proven on the criminal conclusion. It is fair to say private criminal-referral requests against Fauci were publicized in seven U.S. states and that a U.S. presidential pardon does not block state-law prosecution. It is not fair, from the reviewed record alone, to say Fauci has been charged in those states or that the listed crimes are proven.
Source trail
- Local source note and capture log
- Facebook Reel transcript
- Structured source extracts
- Resolved Facebook video page
- Nicolas Hulscher matching X post
- DNI Tulsi Gabbard Fauci/Wuhan document-release post
- Archived Biden White House pardon statement
- DOJ Office of the Pardon Attorney FAQ
- House COVID Select Subcommittee final report landing page