# Source note — Fauci seven-state criminal-referral Facebook Reel

Captured: 2026-07-24 PDT  
Lead URL: https://www.facebook.com/share/r/1UCLv92z6S/?mibextid=wwXIfr  
Resolved video ID: 2082158242409154  
Uploader: Nicolas Hulscher / page ID 61558018205977  
Duration: 57.666 seconds  
Upload date in metadata: 20260709  
Local capture folder: `fauci-seven-state-criminal-referrals-facebook-reel-source-check-2026-07-24`

## What was captured

- `facebook-metadata.json` — yt-dlp metadata for the Facebook Reel.
- `facebook-public.html` — public OpenGraph/page HTML fetched from Facebook.
- `facebook-reel-transcript.txt` — local Whisper/faster-whisper transcript of the downloaded Reel.
- `facebook-reel-contact-sheet.jpg` and frame stills — visual QA/contact-sheet artifacts.
- `ffprobe.json` / `ffprobe.txt` — media verification.
- `source_biden_statement.html` — archived White House statement from Jan. 20, 2025.
- `source_doj_pardon_faq.html` — DOJ pardon FAQ context on federal vs state clemency.
- `source_house_covid_report_page.html`, `source_house_covid_final_report.pdf`, `source_house_covid_final_report.txt` — House COVID Select Subcommittee final report package.
- `source-extracts.json` — structured source summary and verification labels.

## Transcript claim checked

The Reel says declassified documents from Tulsi Gabbard confirm that 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, and that Fauci lied to Congress. It then says criminal referrals have been filed in seven states by Vires Law Group and that Biden's Fauci pardon cannot stop state-level prosecution.

## Evidence limits

This source-check treats the Reel and X posts as claim evidence. The strongest verified kernels are: Biden did issue a pardon statement naming Fauci; DOJ says presidential clemency does not cover state-law offenses; the House majority report says NIH funded gain-of-function research at WIV; and the social/source trail supports that private criminal referral requests were publicized in seven states. The reviewed package does not establish indictments, court findings, convictions, or proof beyond allegation for murder, terrorism, racketeering, fraud, abuse or assault.