Paul-Fauci Senate Showdown
Feud over Fauci diaries and testimony returns to the Senate spotlight.
July 28, 2026 · Updated Jul 28, 7:12pm ET
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What happened
Sen. Rand Paul
Rand PaulUnited States Senator from Kentucky since 2011 released more than 1,000 pages of Anthony Fauci
Anthony Fauci5th Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases from 1984 to 2022’s private pandemic-era diary entries before Fauci’s subpoenaed testimony before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs CommitteeSenate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairsstanding committee of the United States Senate, which Paul chairs. The entries include Fauci’s notes on the lab-leak debate, mask guidance, testing failures, public attacks on him and contacts with Barack Obama
Barack Obama44th President of the United States (2009–2017) and media figures. Paul said he will question Fauci about the diaries and a reported effort to seek a $1 million prize nomination. House Oversight Chairman James Comer warned that Fauci’s Biden pardon would not cover false testimony at the hearing.
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