5 takeaways on Fauci’s hostile Senate hearing, GOP contempt threats
Fauci refused to answer questions on COVID-19 origins and pandemic policies as Republicans moved to pursue contempt of Congress.
- Newly surfaced diary entries from Anthony Fauci reveal Former President Barack Obama privately criticized Donald Trump and Don during a late 2021 phone call.
- HHS Secretary Robert discovered the laptop containing the diary, which Sen. Rand Paul subsequently released during ongoing Senate scrutiny of Fauci.
- According to the entries, Obama described Trump as a "hopeless idiot" and "pathologic liar," while calling Don a "fucking moron."
- Reactions to the diary release have split along predictable political lines, with some viewing Obama's comments as honest reflection and others applauding his candor.
- This week, Fauci invoked his Fifth Amendment right over 100 times during Senate testimony, accusing Paul of orchestrating the hearing to secure statements supporting calls for his imprisonment.
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Fauci's diary details how his relationship with Trump soured
Dr. Anthony Fauci and President Donald Trump went from close collaborators during the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic response to political adversaries in one of the most consequential and public breakdowns of Trump’s first term. At the outset, Trump regularly praised Fauci, the nation’s top infectious disease expert, calling him “a terrific guy” and “a wonderful man.” Fauci became a fixture at White House Coronavirus Task Force briefings, o…
Fauci’s Fifth Amendment Wall Cannot Shield Him From Accountability
by Rob Maness at CDN - On July 29, 2026, the American people watched Dr. Anthony Fauci sit before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, chaired by Sen. Rand Paul, and refuse to answer more than 100 questions. He invoked the Fifth Amendment repeatedly, claiming Sen. Paul’s “unhinged obsession” and public calls for accountability left him no choice. That performance was … Click to read the rest HERE-> Fauci’s Fifth Amend…
Fauci Agonistes: It’s Time to End the Republican Witch Hunt
The right danced a jig of joy over Dr. Anthony Fauci’s invoking the Fifth Amendment before Rand Paul’s Senate Homeland Security Committee. The Kentucky Republican knew in advance that Fauci would give no substantive testimony. Yet he paraded the 85-year-old doctor before the cameras to invoke his Fifth Amendment rights over a hundred times, then warned him of “repercussions” for refusing to answer. Judges often instruct juries that they may draw…
Anthony Fauci Diaries Reveal Obama’s Private Thoughts About The Trumps
(Sipa via AP Images) Anthony Fauci’s Covid diary has earned the doctor ridicule from Republicans — but it also apparently exposed former President Barack Obama‘s expletive-laden private thoughts about the Trump family. The diary, publicly released Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY), was discovered by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on government servers. He turned the more than 1,000 pages over to Senate Republicans who have called…
In public Barack Obama with criticism of his successor Donald Trump usually withholds himself. Privately this looks quite different.
Takeaways From Anthony Fauci's COVID-Era Diaries
(MedPage Today) -- A diary played an unusual role in a contentious Senate hearing Wednesday -- musings from Anthony Fauci, MD, a scientist who became a leading voice in the U.S. response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Sen. Rand Paul, MD (R-Ky.)...
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