President Joe Biden pardoned former White House COVID-19 adviser Dr. Anthony Fauci for all crimes he may have committed as director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.

The pardon could protect Fauci from the congressional GOP. However, it could also make it easier for Republican investigators to question him in connection with investigations into colleagues and friends because it is expected that he will not be able to invoke the Fifth Amendment in question.

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