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Rand Paul releases diary entries attributed to Fauci

July 28, 2026

Senator Rand Paul published a thread on X on Saturday releasing what he describes as Anthony Fauci's diary entries from December 2019 through December 2022.

NPR reports that Paul published a thread on X on Saturday afternoon presenting a string of entries he describes as Fauci's diary, running from December 2019 through December 2022, as part of an inquiry he has been pursuing. The Guardian and CBS News corroborate that account. The three line up on every element they share: the senator who made the material public, the platform he used, the day he used it, and the three years the entries cover.

The New York Times states the diary contains Fauci's private reflections on where the virus came from and on the fame the pandemic brought him, which is the one substantive addition to the fact of the release itself. The account of how the documents reached the public rests on NPR, The Guardian and CBS News. NBC News sits in the same cluster without corroborating that account, so the release stands on three bodies of reporting plus what the Times states about the contents.

Settled: Paul made the release, on X, on Saturday, and the entries he attributes to Fauci span December 2019 to December 2022. Open: whether the documents are what Paul presents them to be, and what they hold beyond the passages the outlets have drawn on.

Still developing

The authenticity of the entries rests on Paul's own presentation of them, and NPR, The Guardian, CBS News and The New York Times each attribute the diary to Fauci without reporting a confirmation from him or his representatives. The full contents of the release, including what the entries say about the origins of the virus, stay beyond the passages the outlets have drawn on.

How settled the reporting is

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