David Schertler, attorney for Dr. Anthony Fauci, is escorted out of the room by a US Capitol Police officer, at the request of committee chairman Senator Rand Paul, Republican from Kentucky, during a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on July 29, 2026. Dr. Fauci, the former Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, is testifying after Senator Rand Paul, Republican from Kentucky, released more than 1000 pages of Fauci's diary entries from the COVID-19 pandemic. (Photo by Alex WROBLEWSKI / AFP via Getty Images)

Dr. Anthony Fauci (R) looks on as his attorney David Schertler is asked to leave by a US Capitol Police officer, at the request of committee chairman Senator Rand Paul, Republican from Kentucky, during a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on July 29, 2026. Dr. Fauci, the former Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, is testifying after Senator Rand Paul, Republican from Kentucky, released more than 1000 pages of Fauci's diary entries from the COVID-19 pandemic. (Photo by Alex WROBLEWSKI / AFP via Getty Images)

Committee chairman Senator Rand Paul, Republican from Kentucky, questions Dr. Anthony Fauci during a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on July 29, 2026. Dr. Fauci, the former Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, is testifying after Senator Paul released more than 1000 pages of Fauci's diary entries from the COVID-19 pandemic. (Photo by Alex WROBLEWSKI / AFP via Getty Images)

Dr. Anthony Fauci (R) looks on as his attorney David Schertler is asked to leave by a US Capitol Police officer, at the request of committee chairman Senator Rand Paul, Republican from Kentucky, during a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on July 29, 2026. Dr. Fauci, the former Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, is testifying after Senator Rand Paul, Republican from Kentucky, released more than 1000 pages of Fauci's diary entries from the COVID-19 pandemic. (Photo by Alex WROBLEWSKI / AFP via Getty Images)

Dr. Anthony Fauci testifies during a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on July 29, 2026. Dr. Fauci, the former Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, is testifying after Senator Rand Paul, Republican from Kentucky, released more than 1000 pages of Fauci's diary entries from the COVID-19 pandemic. (Photo by Alex WROBLEWSKI / AFP via Getty Images)

Dr. Anthony Fauci testifies during a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on July 29, 2026. Dr. Fauci, the former Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, is testifying after Senator Rand Paul, Republican from Kentucky, released more than 1000 pages of Fauci's diary entries from the COVID-19 pandemic. (Photo by Alex WROBLEWSKI / AFP via Getty Images)

Dr. Anthony Fauci is sworn in during a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on July 29, 2026. Dr. Fauci, the former Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, is testifying after Senator Rand Paul, Republican from Kentucky, released more than 1000 pages of Fauci's diary entries from the COVID-19 pandemic. (Photo by Alex WROBLEWSKI / AFP via Getty Images)

Dr. Anthony Fauci is sworn in during a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on July 29, 2026. Dr. Fauci, the former Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, is testifying after Senator Rand Paul, Republican from Kentucky, released more than 1000 pages of Fauci's diary entries from the COVID-19 pandemic. (Photo by Alex WROBLEWSKI / AFP via Getty Images)