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