Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) published a 1,141-page tranche of Dr. Anthony Fauci's pandemic diary entries on July 24, 2026, three days before Fauci is scheduled to testify under subpoena before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on July 29. NPR

The document, labeled "Tony's Diary Package" and posted to Paul's Senate website, covers the period from December 2019 through December 2022 — the span of Fauci's tenure as a key member of the White House Coronavirus Task Force. Paul announced the release in a thread on X on Saturday afternoon, July 25, writing that what Fauci "wrote privately and what he told the country are two different stories." NPR

Paul chairs the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee. He unilaterally subpoenaed Fauci to testify after Fauci notified the committee he would not appear voluntarily. The hearing will mark the latest confrontation in a years-long dispute between the two over how the COVID-19 pandemic began. Fauci has said the scientific evidence points to a spillover origin; Paul has pushed the lab-leak hypothesis and has investigated U.S. funding provided to a virology lab in Wuhan, China. NPR

The diary release is part of a broader document publication effort. On July 27, Paul posted a second file, labeled "Diary Prequel," containing written records starting from April 11, 2001. The Reading Room on Paul's Senate website also hosts a 465-page collection of Fauci's historical records and email exchanges spanning from 2001 through July 2015. paul.senate.gov

The original 1,141-page diary document was no longer available on the website as of Monday, July 27, according to NPR. The outlet did not specify when or why it was removed. NPR

Neither Fauci nor Paul responded to NPR's request for comment prior to publication on July 27. NPR

Fauci stepped down as director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases at the end of 2022. Paul has continued his investigation into COVID-19 origins and what he describes as risky taxpayer-funded life sciences research even after Fauci's departure from government service. The inquiry has extended beyond Fauci himself: the Lancet medical journal declined a request from the U.S. Senate related to the COVID-19 origins investigation, as reported in April 2026. Reuters

The timing of the diary release, days ahead of the subpoenaed testimony, gives the July 29 hearing a document-heavy backdrop. Paul controls the gavel and the witness list as committee chairman, and the published records provide him with a body of primary-source material drawn directly from Fauci's own written words during the period in question. Whether the diary entries contain the contradictions Paul has alleged will be tested when Fauci appears under oath on Wednesday.