Senate panel obtains copy of Dr. Fauci's pandemic-era iPhone
A Senate Homeland Security subcommittee has received a duplicated iPhone that Dr. Anthony Fauci used during the COVID-19 crisis, potentially adding to the record pool under review.
The Senate Homeland Security Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations announced that it now holds a duplicated iPhone belonging to Dr. Anthony Fauci, the former director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Department of Health and Human Services transferred the device to the subcommittee, which is led by Sen. Ron Johnson. Investigators hope the phone’s data will supplement the extensive collection of documents already released, which Sen. Rand Paul described as “Fauci’s diary.”
During earlier testimony before the Senate Homeland Security Committee, Fauci invoked his Fifth Amendment rights more than a hundred times. In addition to the phone, the committee and four Republican-led states possess millions of pages of material from federal servers, and they plan to examine the new information in the coming weeks.
Why it matters
The phone could reveal additional details about Fauci's actions during the pandemic, informing ongoing congressional and state investigations.
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