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Senate to Vote Contempt as Rand Paul Publishes Fauci Diary

7/31/2026

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Fauci Faces Contempt

On July 29, 2026, Dr. Anthony Fauci testified before Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee in Washington, D.C.
Fauci’s attorneys and 150 infectious-disease experts labeled the probe baseless, calling it an obsessive vendetta and urging Congress to end it.
Senator Rand Paul subpoenaed Fauci and released 1,000 pages of his diary to the committee.
The committee will vote next week on a contempt citation for Fauci’s refusal to answer.

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Fauci Diary Leak

Dr. Anthony Fauci testified before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee in Washington, D.C., on July 29, 2026.
Diary entries portray Fauci as dishonest, self-aggrandizing, tied to partisan media, and label President Donald Trump “out of control” and “an idiot.”
Senator Rand Paul released Fauci’s private diary and email documents to the public.
Diary notes Fauci privately found a Wuhan lab leak plausible while publicly dismissing it.

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Historical Context

Congressional battles over AIDS began in 1987 when Senator Jesse Helms attached a 94-to-2-vote amendment banning federal AIDS education that “promoted” homosexuality, and secured a travel ban that made the U.S. the only industrialized nation to bar HIV-positive travelers. That partisan scrutiny set a precedent echoed in today’s Homeland Security hearing where Senator Rand Paul subpoenas Dr. Anthony Fauci.

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Fauci Faces Contempt

On July 29, 2026, Dr. Anthony Fauci testified before Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee in Washington, D.C.
Fauci’s attorneys and 150 infectious-disease experts labeled the probe baseless, calling it an obsessive vendetta and urging Congress to end it.
Senator Rand Paul subpoenaed Fauci and released 1,000 pages of his diary to the committee.
The committee will vote next week on a contempt citation for Fauci’s refusal to answer.

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