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‘Should Be Impeached’: Fauci’s Private Diary Exposes Trump Remark
The newly released 203-page collection covers earlier years that were not included in the diary material made public previously. It follows the release of Fauci’s pandemic-era entries, which reportedly included private criticism of Trump.
Former US infectious disease expert Anthony Fauci privately wrote that Donald Trump “should be impeached” in January 2019, according to diary entries released by Republican Senator Rand Paul.
The disclosure, reported by Newsweek, appears to be the first public revelation of Fauci explicitly calling for Trump’s impeachment in his own words. Paul released the documents on Wednesday as part of a broader effort to scrutinise Fauci’s conduct during his decades in government.
“Trump is acting more and more bizarre. Should be impeached,” Fauci wrote in an entry dated January 2019, during a partial US government shutdown. He also noted concerns among Democrats that impeachment could strengthen Trump’s support among his voters.
The newly released 203-page collection covers earlier years that were not included in the diary material made public previously. It follows the release of Fauci’s pandemic-era entries, which reportedly included private criticism of Trump.
Fauci’s criticism of Trump
The diary entries suggest Fauci’s criticism of Trump began before the president took office in January 2017. In an entry that month, Fauci criticised Trump’s remarks about his inauguration crowd and his comments about the press, describing his behaviour as “unpresidential”.
By March 2017, Fauci had also described White House personnel as “a scary bunch” and criticised the administration’s proposed cuts to federal agencies, including the National Institutes of Health.
The documents also contain Fauci’s reflections on government recordkeeping, cybersecurity and meetings with Chinese health officials. One entry from 2016 described losing documents after ransomware encrypted an unprotected computer folder.
Political scrutiny intensifies
Paul, who chairs the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, has used the diary releases as part of a wider investigation into Fauci’s actions and records.
The committee voted 8-5 along party lines in August to approve a contempt resolution after Fauci invoked the Fifth Amendment 111 times during a hearing, according to Newsweek. Democrats on the committee argued that the investigation was one-sided.
The White House did not directly address the newly disclosed impeachment remark, instead referring Newsweek to Trump’s previous criticism of Fauci. The publication said it had also sought comment from Fauci through Georgetown University.
The diary entries provide a record of Fauci’s private views about Trump, but the disclosure does not itself establish wrongdoing by either man.
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