Florida AG James Uthmeier issued formal investigative subpoena to Anthony Fauci on August 5 2026.
Probe looks at awards professional opportunities financial incentives grants and COVID guidance that hit Florida businesses and consumers.
Subpoena demands documents from January 3 2020 to present due by August 31.
Triggered by diary entries released by Senator Rand Paul.
Entries list roughly 900,000 dollar Dan David Foundation prize.
Also list NIAID research grant to University of Florida Scripps.
Offers of named professorships book deals board positions and private foundation partnerships.
Uthmeier says if Fauci personally profited off the guidance it could break Florida law.
Possible claims include deceptive trade practices fraud or public nuisance.
Louisiana AG Liz Murrill and West Virginia AG John McCuskey issued similar subpoenas.
Documents also seek info on vaccine efficacy boosters natural immunity myocarditis risks and talks with vaccine makers.
Comes after Fauci took Fifth Amendment more than 100 times in Senate hearing last week.
Uthmeier called the diary focused more on self-promotion than vaccine safety concerns.
Fauci slapped with subpoena as COVID doc probed for profiting off federal guidance
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