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Dr Fauci's face says it all after secret Bill Gates COVID bombshell

Paul disclosed Gates’s past security clearance and challenged Fauci during a contentious Senate hearing.

Dr Fauci's face says it all after secret Bill Gates COVID bombshell
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This article1 analysis · Oct 2, 2026
Jul 29, 2026
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Sen. Rand Paul used a Senate hearing with Anthony Fauci to disclose that Bill Gates held a Department of Energy Q clearance from 2014 to 2021. Other Republican senators questioned Fauci about Gates and pandemic-era conduct; Fauci declined to answer many questions, invoking the Fifth Amendment.

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Rand Paul
R · KY · SEN

Kentucky senator and chair of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, leading the questioning of Fauci

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Rick Scott
R · FL · SEN

Florida senator who questioned Fauci about Gates

Bernie Moreno
R · OH · SEN

Ohio senator who urged audience members to stand behind Fauci

President described as having Fauci as a medical adviser

Josh Hawley
R · MO · SEN

Missouri senator who accused Fauci of using federal staff to solicit awards

Richard Blumenthal
D · CT · SEN

Connecticut senator who read a statement from Fauci’s attorney

ALSO MENTIONED  Anthony Fauci, Former director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and witness at the hearing

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Rand Paul Leads Senate Hearing Questioning Anthony Fauci

Rand Paul led a Senate hearing questioning Anthony Fauci, who repeatedly invoked the Fifth Amendment and declined to answer questions. Paul said the committee would vote on whether to hold Fauci in contempt. Left-leaning outlets portray the hearing as a partisan revival of pandemic disputes, with some focusing on the diary’s release or alleged editing. Center outlets emphasize the testimony, competing claims and planned contempt vote, with some noting limits to what the hearing established. Right-leaning outlets frame Fauci’s refusals as evasion and Paul’s actions as accountability, often highlighting the attorney’s removal.

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