Ron Johnson Just Revealed A Stunning Finding On Fauci’s iPhone
Anthony Fauci used an iPhone from 2014 until he left the NIH in December 2022. Eight years. Thousands of communications. A pandemic that reshaped the entire world.
And three contacts stored in the phone.
Senator Ron Johnson appeared on NewsNation Friday night to share the initial findings from his subcommittee’s examination of the data: over 34,000 texts and 522 voicemail messages recovered from Fauci’s COVID-era device. But the detail that stopped everyone cold was this: “He only had three contacts, which is pretty odd.”
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Three contacts. Eight years. Thirty-four thousand texts — the overwhelming majority linked only to phone numbers with no associated names.
There are two explanations for this, and neither is good. Either Fauci was systematically avoiding storing the identities of the people he was communicating with — a deliberate practice to obscure who he was talking to and about what — or contacts were deleted before the device was handed over for investigation. Both scenarios point in the same direction: a man who knew his communications were potentially damaging and took steps to make them harder to trace.
Johnson was careful about what he could reveal publicly. “This is not going to be a document dump,” he told Catherine Herridge. “I also need to preserve documents for our investigation. We are interviewing other people that he may be texting. And if you’re going to get truthful answers out of people, you can’t necessarily show them all your investigatory material.”
He confirmed his intention to work closely with Rand Paul and his staff to release findings jointly — which is the right approach. Coordinated, deliberate release of significant findings is considerably more effective than a scattered document dump that allows the media to cherry-pick isolated texts for favorable framing.
Here’s the context that makes the three-contact finding so explosive. Fauci’s diary documented his instructions to Collins to delete a sensitive email about COVID origins. His communications with David Morens — who is now indicted on multiple federal charges including destruction of federal records — deliberately used personal accounts to evade FOIA. His opening statement to the Senate committee touched on COVID origins and gain-of-function research before he invoked the Fifth Amendment 111 times on the same subjects.
A man whose pandemic communications showed systematic avoidance of official channels also stored three contacts in eight years of iPhone use. Either he has the most extraordinary recall for phone numbers of anyone in federal government history, or something has been removed.
Johnson said it precisely: “I can’t and my staff can’t guarantee that everything was preserved.”
Thirty-four thousand texts. Five hundred twenty-two voicemails. Three contacts.
The investigators are interviewing the people on the other end of those number-only texts. They are not showing their hand yet. They are building a case.
The contempt referral is with the DOJ. The phone data is with Johnson and Paul. Florida’s state investigation is active.
There was nothing to hide, Fauci said. Three contacts would suggest otherwise.
BREAKING: Dolly Parton’s Cause Of Death Revealed: ‘Brief Battle’
Dolly Parton’s death came after a brief battle with cancer, her representatives revealed Tuesday.
The country music legend died Aug. 25 at Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center in Nashville. She was 80.
Parton had been admitted to the cancer center Friday, four days before her death. Her representatives confirmed the cancer diagnosis in a statement to PEOPLE but did not disclose what type she had.
“Our beloved Dolly Parton spent her life and career bringing joy, laughter, hope and integrity into everything she touched. Her unmatched generosity reached the lives of countless people whom she would never meet, yet she was always there to offer a helping hand,” the statement read.
“Whether it be the hundreds of millions of books donated through her invaluable Imagination Library or funding research that helped create a lifesaving vaccine used around the world, Dolly’s unconditional love for all people was the guiding force for her lasting impact. After bravely facing a brief battle with cancer, Dolly departed her Earthly life today at the Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center surrounded by loved ones,” the statement concluded.
The “Jolene” singer had also been dealing with kidney and autoimmune issues before her death, PEOPLE previously reported.
Just days earlier, Dolly Parton opened up about her declining health and acknowledged that she had put off addressing some medical issues while caring for her husband, Carl.
“As I’ve shared in video messages throughout the past year, I am dealing with some health issues that I just didn’t pay attention to when I was watching over [my husband] Carl. You know, this isn’t the first time I’ve had to manage something like this. Back in the early ’80s, I was down for several months with female issues, and I was struggling with my weight at the time too, so it’s not like I haven’t been through hard times with my health,” Parton told PEOPLE.
Her nephew, Bryan Seaver, announced her death in an Instagram video Tuesday on behalf of the Parton and Owens family.
“My name is Bryan Seaver, son of Cassie Parton, and I’m representing the Parton and Owens family today announcing the passing of my aunt, Dolly Rebecca Parton Dean, Sister, Sis and Granny to one generation and Gigi to the next,” he says in the video.
Seaver, who served as Parton’s head of security for more than two decades, said she had asked him years earlier to deliver the announcement.
“This video announcement is something Dolly asked of me years ago, before I fully absorbed it as a future reality,” he continued. “As her head of security for more than two decades, a role my father Larry held before me, I have imagined the heaviness of this moment but haven’t truly felt it until now.”
Seaver said the moment brought immense pride and heartbreak, but he took comfort in his faith that Parton had been reunited with Carl and other loved ones.
Seaver added: “It is an honor, an honor that is mixed with absolute pride and great sadness. But sadness lies with us, not with Dolly. Dolly has lived in the light and is in the arms of Jesus, surely met by Carl, her parents and countless othe
Shocking 'truth' behind Prince Harry's decision to quit major role
Prince Harry should have "resigned in disgrace" from the board of a controversial African wildlife charity, a commentator says. James Walker makes the bombshell remark in Wednesday's episode of this publication's podcast, Daily Expresso.
He and the show's host, JJ Anisiobi, delve into the Duke of Sussex's dramatic decision to step down from African Parks. James, commenting on the controversy, said: "When you hear about this stuff and how long it's been going on for, you should be resigning in disgrace. [Harry] should be saying: 'I'm not touching that with a barge pole. That is a failed entity. We're going nowhere near it'.
"But no. He's still saying he's going to 'support their mission'. And again this Caroline Pearce, executive director of Survival International, goes on to say: 'His departure doesn't undo that record'.
"She alleged that African Parks was aware of the abuses for years, but it was only after Survival complained to Harry that the charity finally commissioned an investigation."
James added: "Well, she's got a point."
It emerged on Monday (August 24) that Harry was no longer a board member of the wildlife charity.
The conservation organisation has admitted that human rights abuses were committed by its rangers against members of the semi-nomadic Baka group in Congo-Brazzaville.
African Parks has said since that it has improved its safeguarding processes both in the Odzala-Kokoua National Park and institutionally.
Its admission followed an independent human rights investigation into allegations guards managed and paid by the charity had beaten, raped and tortured indigenous people in Odzala-Kokoua National Park.
Harry was president of the charity for six years before he became a member of its board of directors in 2023.
A spokesman for the Duke said he remains an active and avid supporter of African Parks. He added: "The Duke is proud of his 10 years with African Parks and fully supports the ongoing strengthening of its board.
"His commitment to conservation in Africa continues and he remains a supporter of African Parks’ mission."
Human rights organisation, Survival International, said it had been calling on Harry to step down from African Parks for years.
The group's director, Caroline Pearce, said in a statement: "It’s outrageous that for 10 years Prince Harry has served African Parks while the organisation has been responsible for abuse and violence against Indigenous people.
"His departure doesn't undo that record — African Parks itself must now be held accountable, and must abandon this model of fortress conservation for good."
Survival International said indigenous peoples know how best to manage their land and the idea outsiders know better is racist and colonial.
