Fifteen State Attorneys General wrote to Republican Congressional leaders on Wednesday urging them to continue probes on the response to the COVID-19 pandemic in order to hold government actors accountable and share findings if any violated state laws. 

“We, the undersigned Attorneys General, write to commend your work to promote transparency and accountability in studying the response to the COVID-19 Pandemic,” the Attorneys General wrote. 

“As part of your continued efforts in holding malign actors accountable for their actions arising out of the Pandemic, if you believe that further findings or direct evidence that suggests there may have been any violation of state laws, please include us in any actions taken so that we may evaluate state-level courses of action,” they continued. 

They added, “we are confident that state laws may provide a means to hold all actors accountable for their misconduct.”

You can read the letter below: 

The Attorneys General also slammed former President Joe Biden’s pardon of Dr. Anthony Fauci, labeling it an attempt to “shield” a potential bad actor from accountability. 

A report from the House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic, published shortly before the pardon, found that Fauci was potentially involved in trying to discredit the lab leak hypothesis and may have perjured himself when he allegedly misled Congress about the U.S. funding for gain-of-function research at the Wuhan Laboratory. 

“To say we are troubled by the scope and timing of the pardon—on the heels of the Subcommittee’s Final Report—would be a gross understatement,” the Attorneys General wrote. 

“To ensure that former President Biden’s shameful pardon does not frustrate accountability, we urge Congress to consider using all available tools at its disposal,” they wrote, noting that, without congressional cooperation, state level law enforcement will have a “limited” ability to help.