The dispute became so heated that, before he left office, President Joe Biden issued Dr. Fauci a pardon to protect him from potential prosecution stemming from his previous testimony regarding COVID. Last week’s hearing came amid Sen. Paul’s release of the diaries Dr. Fauci kept during the pandemic. Yet his writings show that Dr. Fauci originally privately felt that the market had not been the source. Dr. Fauci — like any American — has a right against self-incrimination. As Sen. Paul noted: “The real question is whether (this research) was dangerous.