Overview

• The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee says it obtained emails in which Anthony Fauci told then-NIH Director Francis Collins on Feb. 2, 2020, to "Please delete this e-mail after you read it."
• Additional messages cited include a July 20, 2020 note to an NIH employee instructing deletion and an April 2020 exchange with chief of staff Greg Folkers that carried the same directive.
• Paul formally requested Fauci’s government and personal communications from 2018–2023, along with a list of all accounts and messaging handles, with a two-week deadline to respond.
• The committee invited Fauci to appear for a hearing before year-end and has issued subpoenas to 14 federal agencies as part of its expanded probe into COVID-19 origins and high-risk research oversight.
• The push follows Fauci’s June 2024 sworn denials that he deleted records or obstructed FOIA and builds on prior disclosures, including adviser David Morens’ emails about making messages "disappear"; Fauci has not provided a detailed public response in these reports.