Comedian Bill Maher is taking aim at Sen.Rand Paul for what the host says betrays Paul's own brand.During Friday's episode of HBO's "Real Time," Maher accused Paul, R-Ky., of breaking with his libertarian views by releasing Fauci's pandemic-era diary and threatening to hold him in contempt of Congress.
Meanwhile, a public relations expert told Fox News Digital that Paul should focus on why the diary matters rather than how he obtained it."Stop threatening to put everyone in jail who you just don’t like," Maher said more broadly about politics. "Rand, babe, your entire brand is ‘Senator Right to Privacy,’" he added."You’re the libertarian guy, the Fourth Amendment guy.
It’s your family legacy."BILL MAHER BREAKS WITH THE LEFT TO HAMMER ANTHONY FAUCI AFTER EXPLOSIVE SENATE HEARINGComedian and television host Bill Maher arrived for the 27th Mark Twain Prize for American Humor gala at the John F.Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts on June 28, 2026, in Washington, D.C.
(Alex Wroblewski/AFP via Getty Images)Maher’s comments come on the heels of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, which is led by Paul, voting 8-5 to refer Fauci for contempt after he repeatedly invoked the Fifth Amendment during a Senate hearing regarding his handling of the COVID-19 pandemic last week.Fauci, who received a preemptive pardon from then-President Joe Biden last year, exercised his right against self-incrimination a total of 111 times during the hearing while being questioned over his leadership as the White House chief medical adviser during the pandemic.In the days before the hearing, Paul released more than 1000 pages of Fauci's private "COVID diaries" — medical notes and personal reflections Fauci wrote and stored on his government computer.FAUCI'S NEWLY RELEASED COVID DIARIES REVEAL BIZARRE FIXATION ON FAME AS PANDEMIC DEATHS MOUNTEDSenator Rand Paul, R-Ky, a Republican from Kentucky and chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governme...