00:02More than 1,000 pages from Dr. Anthony Fauci's private pandemic diary are now public, just ahead of his return
00:09to Capitol Hill this morning.
00:11Republican Senator Rand Paul released the entries ahead of today's Senate hearing on the origins of COVID-19.
00:18Paul, who chairs the Senate Homeland Security Committee, subpoenaed Fauci to testify.
00:23The entries cover Fauci's private thoughts from the start of the pandemic through his retirement in 2022.
00:29Paul argues the notes conflict with Fauci's public messaging about COVID's origins.
00:35Fauci has repeatedly denied claims that he helped cover up the possibility of a leak at a Chinese lab.
00:41The entries show scientists wrestling early with where the virus came from.
00:46In a January 2020 entry, Fauci wrote the Wuhan market was not the source, but rather, quote, the amplifier.
00:53The diaries also reveal Fauci's often tense relationship with President Trump, including private frustration with what he described as the
01:02president's rambling news conferences.
01:05Trump went on Truth Social on Tuesday and called Fauci a phony.
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