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Fauci Diaries Released as He Prepares to Testify Before Senate

Republicans say the more than 1,100 pages show private statements that conflict with Fauci’s public remarks and they plan to use them to press allegations that could raise perjury questions.

Dr. Anthony Fauci, former Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, arrives to testify before the House Oversight and Accountability Committee Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic at the Rayburn House Office Building on June 03, 2024 in Washington, DC.
FILE - Dr. Anthony Fauci, former director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, testifies during a House Select Subcommittee on the coronavirus pandemic on Capitol Hill, June 3, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib, File)
Dr. Anthony Fauci, former Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, testifies before the House Select Committee on the Coronavirus, Washington, DC, June 3, 2024. Fauci was to many, the public face of government response to the coronavirus and a frequent target of Republican lawmakers' ire arising from the shutdown. (Photo by Allison Bailey / Middle East Images / Middle East Images via AFP) (Photo by ALLISON BAILEY/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images)
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Overview

  • Sen. Rand Paul publicly released over 1,100 pages of Dr. Anthony Fauci’s typewritten pandemic-era diaries and has subpoenaed Fauci to testify before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on Wednesday, using the records as evidence in his investigation.
  • The notes record early scientific debate about COVID-19’s origin, including a Jan. 26, 2020 entry calling the Wuhan wet market an “amplifier” rather than a proven source and a Feb. 1, 2020 call where most experts did not reach consensus on lab-related versus natural spillover theories.
  • Entries show Fauci privately flagged possible asymptomatic transmission and concerns about testing and mask guidance in late January 2020 while some of his contemporaneous public remarks emphasized symptomatic spread, a contrast senators plan to highlight.
  • President Biden issued a preemptive pardon that shields Fauci from prosecution for actions before the pardon but does not protect him from alleged crimes committed afterward or from perjury if he lies under oath, a point Republicans have stressed ahead of the hearing.
  • News outlets and commentators are sharply split in their framing of the diaries with conservative outlets stressing alleged contradictions and misconduct while other outlets emphasize evolving science, the diaries’ human details, and how the hearing could deepen partisan distrust of public health institutions.