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Fauci diaries, released by Sen. Rand Paul, touch on COVID origins and tense relationship with Trump

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Washington -- Republican Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky has released more than a thousand pages of journal entries from Dr. Anthony Fauci, teeing up what is likely to be a contentious hearing with the nation's former top infectious disease expert on Wednesday about the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic. Ahead of a May 2020 event to announce the Operation Warp Speed vaccine initiative, Fauci wrote that Mr. Trump pulled him aside and said: 'Tony, you are losing me trillions of f***ing dollars,' before later saying 'you and I are OK' and confirming that he respected Fauci. Fauci also said the 'default position' should be an 'intention to reopen schools.' At the same time, he chafed at some Trump administration officials who wanted all schools to reopen immediately.