Sen. Rand Paul has released a tranche of diary entries written by Dr. Anthony Fauci during the COVID-19 pandemic, turning up the pressure ahead of Fauci’s scheduled appearance before a Senate committee this week on the origins of the coronavirus.
The diary release is the latest flashpoint in the years-long fight over what U.S. health officials knew — and when — about the pandemic’s origins, and over how much of that internal record has been made public. Fauci’s testimony is expected to focus directly on the origins question.
This is a live, developing story — worth revisiting once the testimony transcript is public, since that’s where the real substance will be.