Washington DC, July 28 -- More than 1,000 pages of personal journal entries written by former top US infectious disease expert Dr. Anthony Fauci have been released by Republican Senator Rand Paul ahead of a Senate hearing on the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic, shedding light on Fauci's early thinking on the virus, his often-complicated relationship with then-President Donald Trump (2017-2021), and his clashes with Paul, according to CBS News.

Paul, who chairs the Senate Homeland Security Committee, subpoenaed Fauci to testify before the panel as part of its investigation into the origins of the coronavirus. The Kentucky senator has long argued that the virus may have leaked from the Wuhan Institute of Virology in China, accusing Fauci ...