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Rand Paul releases 1,000 Fauci diary pages, triggers Senate testimony

7/27/2026

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Rand Paul (R-Ky.) released 1,000 pages of Dr. Anthony Fauci’s diary, prompting his Senate testimony.
In February 2020 he estimated COVID-19 mortality at 0.2-0.3 %, versus the ~2 % rate he told Congress in March 2020.
He described an “interesting relationship” with President Donald Trump, who called him “the smartest person in the world.”
A December 2022 entry says the far-right and QAnon “literally hate me,” and he testified his family faced death threats.

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Story summary

Rand Paul (R-Ky.) released 1,000 pages of Dr. Anthony Fauci’s diary, prompting his Senate testimony.
In February 2020 he estimated COVID-19 mortality at 0.2-0.3 %, versus the ~2 % rate he told Congress in March 2020.
He described an “interesting relationship” with President Donald Trump, who called him “the smartest person in the world.”
A December 2022 entry says the far-right and QAnon “literally hate me,” and he testified his family faced death threats.