The FBI said in 2023 that a leak from a laboratory in the central Chinese city of Wuhan likely caused the pandemic, a claim China said had “no credibility whatsoever”. Ahead of the hearing, Paul this week published a 1,141-page tranche of Fauci’s pandemic-era diary entries, spanning December 2019 through December 2022. A fact-check document provided by a representative of Fauci said the diary entries match what he said publicly at the time. A review of his public record provided by a representative of Fauci shows his positions were consistent with the diary. In April, former Fauci adviser David Morens was indicted on charges of concealing federal records about research grants and the origins of COVID, though Fauci was not charged.