# EXCLUSIVE: Fauci’s lawyers set up legal defense fund as US probes multiply

https://mins.news/en/item/28839

- Reuters, 2026-08-21 20:45 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.reuters.com/world/faucis-lawyers-set-up-legal-defense-fund-us-probes-multiply-2026-08-21/?link_source=ta_bluesky_link&taid=6a88b8dac69d29000181c310

> Lawyers for Anthony Fauci have launched a legal defense fund for the former senior US infectious disease expert. They said substantial resources will be needed to respond to a growing number of state and federal investigations into his handling of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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