There are currently no plans to extradite the infamous doctor to Russia.
Is United States President Donald Trump considering the extradition of Dr. Anthony Fauci to Russia to face criminal charges? No, that is not true.
The false claim is going viral on X (Twitter), with some accounts claiming that the Russian president is demanding the United States hand over Dr. Fauci as part of a deal to end the war in Ukraine.
This claim is easily debunked. First of all, the United States and Russia do not have an extradition treaty. Russia is one of the few countries that doesn’t have an extradition agreement with the United States.
Second of all, a quick search of major Russian news websites does not list a story of this sort. If Putin did in fact request Dr. Fauci be extradited, it would likely have been reported on one of these websites.
Toronto 99 did find stories about Dr. Fauci on Sputnik, Russia Today (RT), and TASS, but nothing about an extradition request.
Third (and most importantly), there is no evidence to substantiate this claim. If Putin requested Dr. Fauci be extradited, or Trump considered the idea, there would be some record of that available online in the form of a written statement or video.
At the time of writing, Toronto 99 has not seen any statement or video from either Trump or Putin mentioning the prospect of extraditing Dr. Fauci to Russia.
Dr. Fauci has been the target of multiple fake news stories since he rose to infamy during the Covid pandemic. One fake news website, Real Raw News, published a fake story about how Dr. Fauci was hung.
Dr. Fauci was one of the recipients of Joe Biden’s late-term pardons. While this raised eyebrows on the right, Biden said he did this to prevent Dr. Fauci from a “revenge” prosecution by Trump.
Dr. Fauci has faced multiple calls for arrest and imprisonment, recently from superstar podcaster Joe Rogan. Rogan made this statement during a podcast episode earlier this month.
What the fuck is going on and how is that monster still loose?”
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