What Anthony Fauci's Defenders (and Critics) Get Wrong

Anthony Fauci was back in the hot seat this week, facing a new round of grilling from Sen. Rand Paul (R–Ky.) and the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee. The former coronavirus adviser is well aware that Republicans would like to hold him accountable for a variety of failings, and so he pleaded the Fifth Amendment, declining to answer any questions. You are reading Free Media from Robby Soave and Reason. Get more of Robby's on-the-media, disinformation, and free speech coverage. That's understandable from Fauci's perspective, but it's a shame for the country. The public is owed answers to fundamental questions about the origins of COVID-19. Entries from Fauci's diary—published by Paul earlier this week, in advance of the hearing—reveal not-so-subtle discrepancies between F