Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton says Fauci will likely never face justice for COVID-era actions, bad news for those wanting accountability.

• A CIA whistleblower testified that Fauci pushed the agency to drop the lab-leak conclusion in August 2021, days after analysts were leaning toward it.
• Biden's pardon of Fauci has killed most law enforcement appetite to investigate what laws may have been broken.
• Paxton sued Pfizer over what he calls lies about vaccine effectiveness and efforts to censor critics.
• Texas law blocks the AG from prosecuting directly — he can only take referrals from local DAs, many of whom Paxton says are funded by George Soros and won't act.
• Paxton wants the legislature to give the AG concurrent jurisdiction as a backup when local DAs refuse to prosecute.

Outlook: Without the pardon being challenged or Texas law changing, Fauci is unlikely to face charges in the next five years.