Anthony Fauci’s Diary Release Fuels Senate Hearing on COVID Origins

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Senator Rand Paul released extensive excerpts of Dr. Anthony Fauci’s private diary covering December 2019 through December 2022. The entries reveal Fauci’s preoccupation with his rising fame – he described his “national and international fame” as “explosive” – and include notes on a February 1 2020 conference call where scientists debated whether the virus’s spike protein could have been deliberately inserted, with most deeming that possibility plausible.

The diary release comes days before Fauci is scheduled to testify before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on July 29, 2026. Lawmakers will focus on NIH funding of gain‑of‑function research at the Wuhan Institute of Virology through the EcoHealth Alliance, and on whether Fauci misled Congress about the origins of COVID‑19. The documents also note that Fauci received a pre‑emptive full pardon from President Joe Biden on January 19, 2025, a pardon that may be subject to legal challenge.

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[● 2 SOURCES] President Joe Biden granted Fauci a full and unconditional pardon on Jan 19 2025. (Joe Biden)
[● 2 SOURCES] On May 21 2020 Fauci said his “national and international fame is explosive and really unimaginable”. (Articles f9b47205 and 7d1f58a4 cite the entry.)
[● 3 SOURCES] Senator Rand Paul released Fauci’s diary entries to the public. (All articles state Paul released the diaries.)
[● 4 SOURCES] Fauci is scheduled to testify before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on July 29, 2026. (Senate schedule)
[○ 1 SOURCE] In late June 2020 U.S. daily COVID‑19 cases reached a record 40,000. (Article 7d1f58a4 notes the record.)
[○ 1 SOURCE] By May 21 2020 nearly 98,000 Americans had died of COVID‑19. (Article 7d1f58a4 provides the figure.)
[○ 1 SOURCE] On April 7 2020 Fauci wrote “Press still hot and heavy about me…”. (Article 7d1f58a4 provides the quote.)
[● 4 SOURCES] Dr. Anthony Fauci kept personal diary entries during the COVID‑19 pandemic. (All four articles mention the diaries.)
[○ 1 SOURCE] Slack messages from authors of the “Proximal Origin” paper reveal private doubts about a natural COVID‑19 origin and discussion of lab‑leak likelihood. (Slack messages on origin paper)
[● 3 SOURCES] Rand Paul released DHS documents showing a 2018 Detroit airport interception of three undeclared vials of coronavirus‑related material linked to Chinese researchers. (border incident file)
[● 2 SOURCES] An email from Fauci instructed staff to delete the message after reading, suggesting intent to destroy records. (email quote)
[● 2 SOURCES] Anthony Fauci is scheduled to testify before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on July 29, 2026. (hearing schedule)