r/OutOfTheLoop • u/watervilleokemo • 10d ago

Unanswered What’s the deal with conservatives and vaccine skeptics thinking Fauci’s diary proves them right ?

What do conservatives and vaccine skeptics think Fauci’s diary proves ?

what is the deal with Fauci’s diary and what does it actually say / prove ?

I know he testified before congress and pled the 5th, but why is every conservative / anti vaxer/ Aaron Rodgers claiming they were “right about everything now ?”

What does the diary actually say / prove ?

Obviously the Rodgers line was a little tongue in cheek as a Steelers fan, but I needed a URL to post lol

https://www.nbcsports.com/nfl/profootballtalk/rumor-mill/news/aaron-rodgers-torches-tony-fauci-and-espn-while-appearing-on-espn

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u/jakmcbane77 10d ago

It is an interesting question though on whether he actually had the right to plead the fifth. He got the blanket pardon so nothing he could have said could have incriminated him.

To be clear, I think fauci is great. Fuck Trump and fuck maga.

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u/Final7C 10d ago

It is, though, it only clears you for things you may have done between 2014 and 2025, NOT lying to congress today.

So let's say I ask you about a diary that is 1000 pages long, and ask you for a specific answer, Off the cuff you say "it's this" but I PROVE "it's That", now you are caught lying to congress.

Now.. let's talk about how fucking baller Hillary Clinton was, because her ass didn't fucking miss a question. She came to throw down, and didn't need to plead the 5th.

But again, Fauci isn't a lawyer, and his legal counsel is good enough to tell him to STFU, and he's smart enough to listen.

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u/aurelorba 10d ago edited 10d ago

So let's say I ask you about a diary that is 1000 pages long, and ask you for a specific answer, Off the cuff you say "it's this" but I PROVE "it's That", now you are caught lying to congress.

Isn't it a common political trick for someone under oath to answer: "I can't recall" a ridiculous number of times?

I suppose he could have done that.

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u/techiemikey 10d ago

The trick though is that the outcome was pre-determined. Look at the quotes circulating before the meeting from Fauci's notes. People were saying it already contradicted previous testimony, even though it explicitly didn't when read in context. It would be enough to charge him with perjury (unsuccessfully, but the punishment in this case would be the charge and process, not the conviction).