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Rand Paul Publishes Fauci Diary Revealing Trump Praise, Lab Theory

7/28/2026

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U.S. Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) released 1,000 pages of Dr. Anthony Fauci’s diary, covering Dec 2019–Dec 2022 and ending when Fauci left National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, and set Wednesday testimony.
Fauci recorded President Donald Trump praising him on Jan 29 2020 and called the March 27 2020 press conference ‘rambling.’
Fauci wrote in April 2021 that Rand Paul and ‘radical right wing’ figures promoted a Wuhan-lab conspiracy, calling it a ‘way-out conspiracy theory.’

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U.S. Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) released 1,000 pages of Dr. Anthony Fauci’s diary, covering Dec 2019–Dec 2022 and ending when Fauci left National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, and set Wednesday testimony.
Fauci recorded President Donald Trump praising him on Jan 29 2020 and called the March 27 2020 press conference ‘rambling.’
Fauci wrote in April 2021 that Rand Paul and ‘radical right wing’ figures promoted a Wuhan-lab conspiracy, calling it a ‘way-out conspiracy theory.’