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... The infectious disease expert, who retired in 2022, was subpoenaed to testify. Days before the hearing, Paul released more than 1,000 pages of diaries Fauci kept during the pandemic. In them, Fauci wrote, in part, about President Donald Trump, calling him "out of control," a "true embarrassment" and "an idiot."
Democrats have criticized the GOP's grilling of Fauci and come to his defense. It echoes sentiments from several leading medical organizations and public health workers.
Medical organizations, advocacy groups back Fauci over Senate hearing
In a letter to the Senate committee, Stefano Bertuzzi, CEO of the American Society for Microbiology, expressed "unequivocal support" for Fauci.
"His career was built on evidence, intellectual rigor and an unwavering commitment to improving people's lives. That record is documented in the scientific literature, reflected in countless advances in medicine and public health and measured in millions of lives saved," Bertuzzi wrote.
Bertuzzi also called Fauci's scientific research "by all accounts and measures, the gold standard."
Anthony Fauci, former director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, is sworn in before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on July 29, 2026, in Washington, DC.
Similarly, AVAC, or the AIDS Vaccine Advocacy Coalition, said it submitted a letter to the committee ahead of the hearing.
Mitchell Warren, AVAC's executive director, wrote in the letter that the group is "dismayed and disturbed" by Fauci being subpoenaed "in pursuit of questionable allegations."
"We implore the committee to cease its erroneous investigations and harassment of renowned scientists and public servants such as Dr. Fauci, whose career, track-record, and devotion to public health research and development has changed the very course of the HIV epidemic at home and abroad," Warren wrote.
Dr. Georges Benjamin, CEO of the American Public Health Association, told NPR that a hearing like the one involving Fauci, combined with cuts to federal agencies, "all adds up to undermining public health in the U.S." ...
