Dr.Anthony Fauci refused to answer questions on Capitol Hill Wednesday, but the humiliating release of his secret COVID-era diary just days before had already provided all the answers we needed about his demented ego and matchless mendacity.Fauci short-circuited fireworks at the Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee hearing, run by his arch nemesis, Sen.
Rand Paul, R-Ky., by pleading the Fifth Amendment 111 times, even though he has a full pardon from the autopen of former President Joe Biden.But we had already heard plenty from him, thanks to the diary that was discovered on Fauci's government computer.In early May 2020, we see Fauci musing that the "situation with my national and international fame is explosive and really unimaginable," adding that he might be "the most famous and talked about person in the country and one of the most recognizable persons in the world."FAUCI'S NEWLY RELEASED COVID DIARIES REVEAL BIZARRE FIXATION ON FAME AS PANDEMIC DEATHS MOUNTEDAs a one-off, this entry might not be alarming, but in fact, the whole mini-memoir is filled with celebrities like Julia Roberts and CNN anchor Jake Tapper singing his praises in private, arranging A-list Zoom calls for Fauci, and generally venerating him as the greatest scientist on Earth.Diary entries written by Dr.
Anthony Fauci have been ignored by numerous media outlets.(Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)It's an assessment he no doubt concurred with.
After all, this is the man who once announced, when questioned over COVID lockdowns, "I am the science!"According to Michael Caputo, who was the communications director for the Department of Health and Human Services, and who Fauci curses in his diary, "The very first time we discussed his TV appearances, Dr.Fauci waved all the red flags of a media hound.
On my first day, he was already described as a problem."FAUCI'S DIARY SHOWS HE FED QUESTIONS TO JOURNALISTS, BUILT FRIENDSHIPS WITH MEDIA FIGURESIt was this level of ego that allowed ...