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Release of 'Tony's Diary' — 1,141 pages of private notes

Paul released Fauci's private journal entries (Dec 2019–Dec 2022). Entries show early market-as-amplifier thinking, celebrity/fame notes, and private vs public tension on origins. HHS Sec. RFK Jr. stated notes found on government servers after multi-month search.

Primary quotes

Fauci
“It now appears that the first infection was in early December and was not connected to the market.”

Diary entry ~Jan 26, 2020 (as reported)

Flags / open questions

  • •One- to two-day variance in public release dating (package ~July 24)

Linked sources

Tony's Diary Package — released by Sen. Paul — July 2026
Tier 1 · report · 1,141 pages; HHS located notes on government servers
The Reading Room (Sen. Rand Paul official site)
Tier 2 · other · Hosts diary volumes and releases; official but partisan source
Rand Paul releases Anthony Fauci's pandemic-era diary notes (NPR)
Tier 3 · news · Includes scientist cautions on early-uncertainty readings
Fauci diaries, released by Sen. Rand Paul, touch on COVID origins and tense relationship with Trump (CBS News)
Tier 3 · news

Related contentions

COVID-19 origins

IC split historically; CIA (Jan 2025) shifted to low-confidence lab-lean. No definitive public resolution.

Records and transparency

Morens indicted April 2026 for records violations. Diary notes released July 2026 from government servers.

Invoking the Fifth at the July 29, 2026 hearing

Unresolved. Contempt referral raised in post-hearing coverage; no vote held.