⁍ An unnamed White House official told CNN that ‘several White House officials’ were ‘concerned about the number of times Dr. Fauci has been wrong on things’
The official went on to provide a bullet-point list of comments by Fauci from earlier in the year in which he seemed to downplay the likely impact of the virus and from March in which he questioned the efficacy of wearing masks.

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⁍ The list was released to news outlets including the Washington Post and New York Times as well as CNN, and was not released publicly.

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– The White House is apparently not happy with Dr. Anthony Fauci, the top infectious-diseases expert in the US, for his take on the new coronavirus. A White House official tells CNN that “several White House officials” are “concerned about the number of times Dr. Fauci has been wrong on things.” The official says the White House has drawn up a list of comments from earlier this year in which Fauci seemed to downplay the impact of the virus, and from March in which he questioned the efficacy of wearing masks. The list was released to news outlets including the Washington Post and New York Times, and was not released publicly. The list was released to news outlets including the Washington Post and New York Times, and was not released publicly. On Twitter, the Republican strategist Rick Wilson, who is a member of the anti-Trump Lincoln Project, likened the document to political opposition research. In line with other public-health officials, Fauci was initially hesitant to recommend using masks, but as new data emerged on their efficacy he revised his earlier position and now advocates using them.