FIRST ON FOX: Dr.Anthony Fauci's woes on Capitol Hill are far from over after his contentious Senate hearing late last month.The House Oversight Committee is now questioning why Fauci's COVID-19 pandemic-era diary and cellphone were not turned over to Congress before this year, and it is placing the blame on former President Joe Biden's top health official.In a letter sent Monday, Chairman James Comer, R-Ky., highlighted a November 2023 request by House Republicans for former Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra, a California gubernatorial candidate, to produce any records from Fauci containing the words "COVID-19," "gain-of-function," and "Wuhan."EXCLUSIVE: BIDEN PARDON WON'T SHIELD FAUCI IF HE LIES TO CONGRESS, COMER SAYSFormer NIH Director Anthony Fauci listens during a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee hearing on July 29, 2026, in Washington, D.C.
(Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)"These terms, among others outlined in the document request, appear throughout Dr.Fauci’s diary.
Despite the existence of this clearly relevant and responsive information, you failed to include any portion of Dr.Fauci’s diary in your response, let alone even acknowledge its existence," Comer wrote."The Committee is concerned that you either intentionally withheld this information, or that you failed to conduct an adequate search of the Department’s systems as requested in the November 2, 2023, letter."FAUCI HELD IN CONTEMPT AS COVID CELLPHONE LANDS IN HANDS OF SENATE INVESTIGATORSCurrent HHS Secretary Robert F.
Kennedy Jr.turned over Fauci's COVID-era diary and cellphone to Sens.
Rand Paul, R-Ky., and Ron Johnson, R-Wis., earlier this year.The diary in particular caused an uproar among Fauci's critics, who accused him of gloating about his influence and celebrity during the pandemic at a time when millions of Americans were grappling with a slew of government regulations.FAUCI'S NEWLY RELEASED COVID DIARIES REVEAL BIZARRE FIXATION ON...