Fauci Wanted Trump Impeached Over Border Wall, Misled Public About Ebola Vaccine, Diary Entries Reveal
Newly available diary entries from former National Institutes of Health official Anthony Fauci further undermine his media mythology as a scrupulous scientist and apolitical civil servant whose policies during the COVID-19 pandemic rested on the best available science.
Emily Kopp · Oct 7, 2026 · 4 min read
Newly available diary entries from former National Institutes of Health official Anthony Fauci further undermine his media mythology as a scrupulous scientist and apolitical civil servant whose policies during the COVID-19 pandemic rested on the best available science.
Sen. Rand Paul released new documents containing Fauci’s diary entries for the years 2015 to 2019 on Wednesday.
Media stories during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic often portrayed Fauci as “America’s doctor”: a nonpartisan bureaucrat who had served under Democrats and Republicans alike, a government official more interested in safeguarding public health than his personal politics. But his private writings show something else. Fauci strongly opposed President Donald Trump.
“Trump insisting on $5 billion for his wall on Mexico border. He is acting more and more bizarre. Should be impeached, but Dems are rightfully concerned that this will galvanize his base,” Fauci wrote in January 2019, about a year before the pandemic hit.
The documents also contain evidence that Fauci misled the public about an Ebola vaccine in the midst of an outbreak in West Africa.
The World Health Organization declared that its Ebola vaccine had demonstrated “up to 100% efficacy in individuals” in July 2015.
“This is a remarkable result which shows the power of equitable international partnerships and flexibility,” said Jeremy Farrar, then the Director of the Wellcome Trust, who would later privately work with Fauci to shape the narrative about COVID. “We, and all our partners, remain fully committed to giving the world a safe and effective vaccine.”
Farrar became a central figure in efforts with Fauci to suppress global discussion of a laboratory accident in Wuhan. He served as the chief scientific officer of the WHO from 2023 to 2025. He did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Fauci privately wrote of “multiple flaws in the design and the analysis of the data” supporting the Ebola vaccine candidate and a “terribly flawed study design.”