Former Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Dr. Marty Makary says the newly released diaries of Dr. Anthony Fauci echo doubts he formed about Fauci’s motives years before the COVID-19 pandemic. Makary said in a resurfaced 2024 interview he “first became suspicious of Dr. Fauci and his motives” during the 2014 Ebola outbreak, when Fauci insisted on transferring a recovering nurse from Dallas to the National Institutes of Health, arguing the move was motivated by publicity rather than medical necessity. Makary said the transfer needlessly exposed others. According to Makary, the patient was already receiving appropriate care under standard respiratory precautions, leaving no medical reason for the transfer, which he attributed to a publicity opportunity. “There’s a room for respiratory precautions at every major medical center,” he explained. “It’s not like the respiratory precaution room at the NIH hospital is better than the respiratory precautions room at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center.” “And there’s nothing really to do, just supportive care,” Makary said. “They’re just watching her, so they’re doing basically nothing. They’re just letting her recover. And Fauci insists that they fly her up to the Clinical Center in Washington, D.C., from Dallas.” As seen in the resurfaced clip from 2014, Fauci proudly announced the move of the Ebola patient during a congressional hearing in Washington, D.C., adding, “I’m sure you’ll hear about it soon in the press.” “She will be coming to the National Institutes of Health, where we’ll be supplying her with state-of-the-art care in our high-level containment facilities, exposing countless people in the transport to Ebola,” Makary said, mocking Fauci’s actions. “Then Fauci puts on an astronaut suit along with a photographer and goes into this room where she’s recovering and they get a photo-op.” Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images Makary said that one of the photos went viral and the NIH subsequently held a press conference with Dr. Fauci. Makary said Fauci boasted about how all this care would be totally free of charge and that they never bill patients. Makary said one reporter memorably noted that the NIH is funded by taxpayers. “One person, a reporter in the audience, astutely says, ‘Wait a minute, when you say it’s free, isn’t it funded by billions of taxpayer dollars?'” Makary recalled. “And you know, that kind of threw a monkey wrench into their argument.” “All I can say is there is no clinical indication, there is no medical justification for transport here,” Makary added. WATCH: Really fascinating commentary on Anthony Fauci here from former FDA head Marty Makary. Well worth watching in light of today’s revelations. pic.twitter.com/A44nPoInM4 — Megan Basham (@megbasham) July 27, 2026 As highlighted by The Daily Wire, Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Rand Paul (R-KY) released a trove of previously private Fauci diaries this week ahead of Fauci’s expected testimony this Wednesday. The diaries appear to show that Fauci privately discussed COVID-19 fatality estimates that differed from his public statements to Congress, while also documenting what critics have described as a man obsessed with media attention and his growing celebrity. Related: New Fauci Diaries Reveal Celebrity Obsession At Height Of COVID Crisis