[ExI] conspiracy theories, was: RE: Satoshi

[Adrian Tymes]

On Sat, Aug 8, 2026 at 12:22 PM spike jones via extropy-chat
<extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
> Dr. Fauci holds a blanket presidential pardon, yet when called upon to testify before congress, he pled the fifth amendment, which protects him from having to incriminate himself.  So… Dr. Fauci committed actual contempt of congress, for which he can be prosecuted, to prevent incriminating himself on matters for which he cannot be prosecuted.  Think about that for a full minute, or if you are busy, a full ten seconds.

His pardon was only for past actions, as such pardons are.  The
congressional inquiry was explicitly an attempt to get him to
incriminate himself in some new way.  He has the right to not do that.
Contempt of Congress charges are being considered but appear unlikely
to pass a full vote - and if they don't, then it wasn't contempt.
(One committee voted to hold him in contempt, but they're trying to
get the DOJ to prosecute without the full vote.  IIRC, such charges
would be thrown out on that basis if they ever went to trial...and
given the circumstances, there might be grounds to ask for dismissal
with prejudice, which means that even if they went back and got a full
vote he'd still be immune to prosecution specifically because they
tried to jump the gun in this manner.  I suspect the folks at the DOJ
aren't hastening to prosecute because they are aware of this.)