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Fauci Testifies Tomorrow: Here's What We Learned From His Diaries

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Dr. Anthony Fauci is set to testify before a Senate committee Wednesday morning where he will be questioned by Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., days after Paul released more than 1,000 pages of Fauci's diaries that have stirred outrage among critics who have accused him of an obsession with fame and of contradicting himself during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Paul [said] on Fox Business' 'Mornings with Maria' last week he doesn't 'expect [Fauci] to be honest, he hasn't been honest in the last six years,' warning it 'will be a crime if he lies to us.'

Some critics have pointed out apparently contradictory statements Fauci made in public and private... a diary entry from March 2020 says he 'convinced' New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio 'based on what I was saying publicly and my conversation tonight to close the NYC schools.'

Fauci was preemptively pardoned by former President Joe Biden shortly before he left office, which Biden said was not because Fauci committed wrongdoing but instead because he feared the Trump administration would target him.

Coverage includes: Paul releasing 1,000+ pages of diaries; accusations of Fauci's obsession with fame; contradictory public/private statements on school closures; Fauci fiercely critical of Trump as 'rambling,' 'out of control,' 'total embarrassment'; Fauci criticism of Ron DeSantis ('a complete disgrace'); key background on Paul-Fauci conflict over Wuhan lab funding.