Anthony Fauci’s Wife Fired From NIH

Christine Grady, a senior bioethicist at the National Institutes of Health and the wife of Dr. Anthony Fauci, has been dismissed by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.

Federal officials familiar with the latest wave of layoffs stated that Grady was let go partly due to her failure to investigate the possibility that the COVID-19 outbreak originated from a laboratory leak in Wuhan. An HHS spokesperson explained to the media that this move was part of a broader restructuring at NIH, shifting focus away from pandemic preparedness toward more pressing concerns.

Grady was not the only bioethicist affected by these dismissals. Her research primarily centered on assessing the likelihood of future pandemics. Other displaced employees were reassigned to locations in Alaska, Montana, Minnesota, and similarly remote regions, often situated hundreds or even thousands of miles from their current residences. Whether Grady was extended a comparable relocation offer remains unclear.

While her colleagues acknowledged her contributions to the field, they also recognized that her marriage to Fauci—a figure politically opposed to President Trump—complicated her continued tenure at the agency.

A source told the Daily Caller that Grady is "a good person with a major conflict of interest."

"One of the problems when the cover-up was going on of the Wuhan lab leak, that whole fiasco, was that they were not listening to anyone giving ethics advice," the official stated. "If they had had someone at the table with knowledge of this, they would have said: ‘Hey, do you want to play it this way, or be more transparent?’ Someone could have raised the question."

"That’s something Christine Grady could have, or should have, done," the official continued. "She wasn’t able to do it because she was Fauci’s wife."

"Maybe they had discussions in private about what was going on," the official speculated. "She was placed in a conflicted role because of that."

Last month, Florida Republican Governor Ron DeSantis addressed former President Joe Biden’s decision to preemptively pardon Dr. Anthony Fauci, suggesting that the move might have unintended consequences for the former COVID czar.

During a press conference, DeSantis responded to a reporter’s question about the legal implications, noting that while Fauci is shielded from federal prosecution, he could still face action at the state level.

DeSantis acknowledged it was a "good" question before turning to recent developments, including findings from Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency.

"I don’t know if you saw this Elon Musk stuff," DeSantis remarked. "They identified 180,000 for a commemoration of Fauci at NIH headquarters. What the hell are they commemorating about Fauci? I mean, at best, you can say, you know, you have the Super Bowl of public health, a pandemic, and he totally botched it. That’s the best you can say, without even getting involved in gain of function, research and all the things that went into that treachery, how you can venerate him."

"At best, you have to admit he got it wrong when this country was looking for leadership. He was on TV … I’ve never seen anyone do more TV interviews," DeSantis added. The governor then joked: "I was like, why isn’t he looking at the data? And I was like, because he’s always giving interviews. That’s why he’s not looking at the data."

Regarding Biden’s pardon, DeSantis argued that it actually increased scrutiny on Fauci. "But the issue — so Biden did a preemptive pardon of him, which is odd, because, you know, if he didn’t do anything wrong. So the question is, what about a state action? And I think the pardon made it more likely that states are going to look into it," he said.

He further suggested that if Biden had not pardoned Fauci, state attorneys general likely wouldn’t have pursued investigations.

"I do think had Biden not pardoned him, I don’t think you would have seen the states really do this," DeSantis stated.

"I think they would have deferred to the Trump administration," he continued. "The reason why this could backfire on Fauci is because even if the, say, Biden didn’t pardon him, if the Trump administration had pursued charges against Fauci in say, DC, you’re not going to prosecute someone from the swamp. If the jury is comprised of the swamp, they will acquit. They protect the swamp."

He concluded: "If you start looking at some of these other states, those jury pools gonna be a lot different potentially. So I don’t think we’ve seen the end of it. I do think that it’s very possible that the new AG in Florida looks and pursues this type of investigation, but I would also anticipate some other states would also do it, so it may end up boomeranging against Fauci. Biden intended to shield him from accountability, that it may have actually sparked state-based efforts to ensure his accountability."