Maher Says Rand Paul Abandoned His Privacy Libertarian Identity Over Fauci’s Diaries

Comedian Bill Maher criticized Sen. Rand Paul for releasing Fauci’s private COVID-19 diaries and threatening contempt, saying the move betrays Paul’s libertarian privacy stance. A public-relations expert advised Paul to focus on why the diaries matter rather than how he obtained them, noting that a public official’s notes on a government computer aren’t a private citizen’s journal. The controversy follows Paul’s release of more than 1,000 pages of the diaries and Fauci’s Fifth Amendment invocation during a Senate hearing.