参议员兰德·保罗在共和党主导的参议院听证会上周三向已退休的传染病专家安东尼·福奇提问超过100个问题，福奇对其中大部分问题均援引第五修正案予以拒答[3]。保罗在听证会期间公布了福奇在新冠疫情期间撰写的超过1000页日记摘录[1]，涉及病毒起源、与特朗普的会晤以及福奇对疫情处理方式的记录[1]。保罗声称这些私人记录与福奇向公众所说的内容存在出入，特别是关于病毒起源的论述[1]。
根据卫生部长小罗伯特·肯尼迪向福克斯新闻的表述，这些日记摘录是从政府计算机中提取的，并已提供给共和党领导的委员会[1]。这场听证会反映了围绕新冠疫情起源和处理的长期党派分歧[3]。
Dr. Anthony Fauci, the former chief medical advisor to the United States, appeared before a Republican-led Senate hearing on Wednesday to face questioning regarding his handling of the COVID-19 pandemic [2][3]. During the proceeding, Fauci invoked the Fifth Amendment over 100 times in response to questions posed by Republican Senator Rand Paul, refusing to answer queries about his pandemic response [3].
Senator Paul released excerpts from more than 1,000 pages of Fauci's personal diaries kept during the COVID-era, which the senator contended contradicted public statements Fauci had made, particularly concerning the virus's origins [1]. The diary entries referenced in the hearing span multiple dates, including January 26, 2020, regarding discussions of the virus's origin; March 11 and August 4, 2020, documenting meetings with former President Donald Trump; May 13, 2020, noting a conversation with actress Julia Roberts; and October 4, 2020, during Trump's COVID-19 diagnosis [1]. According to Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the diaries were extracted from government computers and provided to the Republican-led committee [1].
The hearing reflects longstanding partisan divisions surrounding the pandemic's origins and the government's response to COVID-19 [3].