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兰德·保罗在周三就其新冠大流行期间角色举行的参议院听证会前，公开了超过1000页福奇的日记
作者：亚历克斯·米勒，福克斯新闻
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兰德·保罗指控福奇追逐奖项，疫情期间游说100万美元奖金
肯塔基州共和党参议员兰德·保罗正准备与安东尼·福奇举行一场重磅听证会，他向福克斯新闻数字频道指控福奇游说美国国立卫生研究院（NIH）成员提名他角逐一份丰厚的100万美元奖金。
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肯塔基州共和党参议员兰德·保罗希望向前白宫首席医疗顾问安东尼·福奇讨个说法，质问他为何利用自身日益高涨的知名度游说同僚提名自己角逐100万美元奖金。
作为参议院国土安全与政府事务委员会主席的保罗，正准备与福奇举行这场重磅听证会。福奇曾担任美国国立卫生研究院下属国家过敏和传染病研究所所长，在新冠大流行期间担任政府发言人并参与政策制定。
在听证会召开前，保罗公开了超过1000页福奇的日记。他向福克斯新闻数字频道表示，周三参议院听证会即将披露的议题之一，便是福奇在时任总统乔·拜登政府任职期间，被指执着于追逐高额现金奖励。
福奇新公开的新冠日记揭示：随着大流行死亡人数攀升，他痴迷于名望
美国国家过敏和传染病研究所所长安东尼·福奇博士于2021年4月13日在华盛顿白宫新闻发布会上发言。（帕特里克·塞曼斯基/美联社照片）
“我们有过对话，他让美国国立卫生研究院的其他人提名我，”保罗说。“比如，‘你会提名我吗？我会为你写好我的提名背景材料，然后你提名我。’”
“我们怎么能让——政客的收入本不应超过50美元，”他继续说道。“我们怎么能让一个掌管官僚机构的人，怎么能允许他获得100万美元奖金？这让我无法理解。”
2021年，福奇获得了丹·戴维奖，这是由总部位于特拉维夫大学的以色列丹·戴维基金会颁发的100万美元奖项。根据该奖项规则，奖金的10%应用于福奇研究领域的学术奖学金。
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该基金会当时在一份声明中表示，随着大流行蔓延，福奇“利用其出色的沟通能力安抚深陷恐惧和焦虑的民众，并不懈努力向美国及其他地区的民众宣传遏制病毒传播所需的公共卫生措施”。
尽管曾为七位总统提供咨询，且自20世纪80年代起就在美国国立卫生研究院任职，但福奇作为职业文官从未需要经过参议院确认。
福奇的日记中散落着多个事例，尤其是在疫情早期，展现出他对自己在媒体中角色的敏锐认知。
福奇的日记显示他向记者提供问题，与媒体人士建立友谊
肯塔基州共和党参议员兰德·保罗于2025年12月9日在参议院地铁与记者交谈。（汤姆·威廉姆斯/CQ报集团 via 盖蒂图片社）
例如，2020年5月，福奇写道：“《华盛顿邮报》刊登了一篇关于我的头版大篇幅报道。”
“非常讨好。我在国内和国际上的名气暴涨，简直难以想象，”他说。“毫不夸张地说，如今我是美国最知名、最受热议的人物，也是世界上最具辨识度的人物之一。”
不久后的另一篇日记中，福奇指出特朗普政府对他在媒体上的迅速走红“非常不满”。
美国前国家过敏和传染病研究所所长安东尼·福奇博士于2024年6月3日在华盛顿雷伯恩众议院办公楼出席众议院监督与问责委员会新冠疫情调查小组委员会听证会前宣誓。（奇普·索莫德维莱/盖蒂图片社）
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当被问及福奇对媒体的密切关注是否影响了他对病毒的表述时，保罗态度暧昧。
“我的意思是，他不会是华盛顿第一个被名气冲昏头脑的人，”保罗说。
亚历克斯·米勒是福克斯新闻数字频道记者，负责报道美国参议院事务。
WATCH: Rand Paul says Fauci lobbied for $1M prize while leading COVID response
July 28, 2026 9:07am EDT / Fox News
Paul released over 1,000 pages of Fauci’s diary ahead of Wednesday’s Senate hearing on his role during the COVID-19 pandemic
By Alex Miller, Fox News
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Rand Paul accuses Fauci of chasing awards, lobbying for $1 million prize during pandemic
Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., is gearing up for a blockbuster hearing with Anthony Fauci and alleged to Fox News Digital that Fauci lobbied members of the NIH to nominate him for a lucrative, $1 million prize.
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Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., wants answers from former chief White House medical advisor Anthony Fauci on why he used his rising fame to lobby colleagues to nominate him for a $1 million prize.
Paul, who chairs the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, is gearing up for a blockbuster hearing with Fauci, the former head of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases at the National Institutes of Health (NIH), for his role as spokesman and policy craftsman during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Ahead of the hearing, Paul dumped over 1,000 pages of Fauci’s diary, and he told Fox News Digital that one of the issues that would soon come to light during Wednesday’s fight in the Senate was Fauci’s alleged dogged pursuit of a hefty cash prize while serving under former President Joe Biden.
FAUCI’S NEWLY RELEASED COVID DIARIES REVEAL BIZARRE FIXATION ON FAME AS PANDEMIC DEATHS MOUNTED
Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, speaks during a press briefing at the White House on April 13, 2021, in Washington.(Patrick Semansky/AP Photo)
“We have conversations where he’s telling other people at the NIH to nominate him,” Paul said. “Like, ‘Will you nominate me? I’ll write up my nominating background for you, and then you nominate me.’”
“Why would we let — politicians aren’t supposed to get more than $50,” he continued. “Why would we let a guy that runs a bureaucracy, why would we want him to be allowed to have a $1 million prize? That just boggles my mind.”
In 2021, Fauci was awarded the Dan David Prize, a $1 million award disbursed by the Israel-based Dan David Foundation headquartered at Tel Aviv University. Per the rules of the award, 10% of the prize was meant to be designated for academic scholarships in Fauci’s field.
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The foundation said in a statement at the time that as the pandemic unraveled, Fauci “leveraged his considerable communication skills to address people gripped by fear and anxiety and worked relentlessly to inform individuals in the United States and elsewhere about the public health measures essential for containing the pandemic’s spread.”
Despite advising seven presidents and serving at the NIH since the 1980s, Fauci was a career civil servant who never required Senate confirmation.
Strewn across the pages of Fauci’s diary are several instances, particularly in the early stages of the pandemic, that show an individual with a keen understanding of his role in the media.
FAUCI’S DIARY SHOWS HE FED QUESTIONS TO JOURNALISTS, BUILT FRIENDSHIPS WITH MEDIA FIGURES
Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., talks with reporters in the Senate subway on Dec. 9, 2025.(Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc. via Getty Images)
In May 2020, for example, Fauci wrote that a “Big front page article [about] me appeared in the Washington Post.”
“Very flattering. The situation with my national and international fame is explosive and really unimaginable,” he said. “It is not hyperbole to say that today I am the most famous and talked about person in the country and one of the most recognizable persons in the world.”
And in another entry shortly after, Fauci noted that the Trump White House was “very upset” about his meteoric rise in the media.
Dr. Anthony Fauci, former Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, is sworn-in before testifying before the House Oversight and Accountability Committee Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic at the Rayburn House Office Building on June 3, 2024, in Washington, D.C.(Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
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When asked about Fauci’s close eye on the media and whether that might have colored his portrayal of the virus, Paul was unsure.
“I mean, he wouldn’t be the first person in Washington that publicity went to his head,” Paul said.
Alex Miller is a writer for Fox News Digital covering the U.S. Senate.
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