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Dr. Anthony Fauci became increasingly fixated on his newfound fame as pandemic deaths soared, reveal the former White House COVID adviser\u2019s newly released diary entries.<\/p>\n

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As early as April 2020, when more than 60,000 people had already died of COVID in the United States, the man in charge of America\u2019s response to the pandemic was obsessing about his recent stardom,\u00a0according to journals\u00a0released by Kentucky Republican Sen. and long-term Fauci critic Rand Paul.<\/p>\n

\u201cPress still hot and heavy about me. Multiple stories per day directly or indirectly involving me,\u201d Fauci wrote in an entry dated April 7, 2020, amid intensifying media coverage around the White House Coronavirus Task Force.<\/p>\n

On May 21, 2020, the top doc wrote that his \u201cnational and international fame is explosive and really unimaginable,\u201d adding it was \u201cnot hyperbole\u201d to describe his celebrity in terms of global recognition, according to the diary.<\/p>\n

By this point, nearly 98,000 Americans had died of COVID, and the 85-year-old doctor was involved in extensive task-force meetings.<\/p>\n

In late June 2020, as US daily COVID cases reached a record 40,000 in a single day, Dr. Fauci felt fit to mention that he had received an invitation to appear on TV\u2019s \u201cDancing with the Stars.\u201d<\/p>\n

The doctor also repeatedly addressed his growing friction with the Trump White House, claiming that \u201ccountless\u201d media profiles about him, and his increased media presence, were turning him into \u201ca star that outshines\u201d the president, he wrote.<\/p>\n

He also reflected on his growing celebrity by adding that the Secret Service officers stationed at the White House gates would now routinely wave his vehicle through security checkpoints without asking to inspect his identification because they were so familiar with seeing him.<\/p>\n

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Dr. Fauci insisted he had \u201cno desire to conflict with, embarrass or show up the POTUS\u201d when he later decided to stop participating altogether in profile interviews.<\/p>\n

Sen. Paul, chairman of the Senate Homeland Security Committee, has frequently clashed with Fauci over the federal response and origins of the COVID virus.<\/p>\n

His release of the diaries comes just days before Fauci is scheduled to testify before the Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee after being subpoenaed by Paul.<\/p>\n

The Kentucky Republican is arguing that the diary entries reveal a public health official who was overly worried about his celebrity, personal image and media narrative during a time of national emergency.<\/p>\n

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\u201cAnthony Fauci will answer to the American people,\u201d Paul said in\u00a0an X post June 28 ahead of the diary entries\u2019 release, as he accused federal health leadership of focusing on self-promotion and misdirecting public scrutiny in the early months of the pandemic.<\/p>\n

A Trump senior adviser, Peter Navarro, has branded Fauci the \u201cDr. Frankenstein of the modern era,\u201d accusing him of having \u201cthe blood of millions of people on his hands, during an\u00a0interview with Fox Business\u00a0on June 25.<\/p>\n

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\u201cYou idiot! \u2026 You need to come clean, Fauci,\u201d Navarro said.<\/p>\n

Fauci did not respond to requests for comment.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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