Tony's Diary Package — page 445

nih.gov> Harrison Ford And Lincoln Project Back Anthony Fauci, Advocate Firing Donald Trump By Ted Johnson, Dominic Patten November 2, 2020 5:48pm Important situation evolved today. White House (meadows) clais that Washington Post (Dawsey) told him that I initiated the interview from Friday. NOIT SO!!! E-mail below is self-explanatory: Brian: As per our recent telephone conversation, let me summarize. Francis Collins called me this afternoon after his regularly scheduled meeting with the Secretary. Apparently, the Secretary is under the impression (someone related this to him) that I initiated the interview with the Washington Post that is now so controversial. That is categorically incorrect and I have proof of that. The e-mail below indicate that the reporter Josh Dawsey reached out to me for an interview (e-mail below dated October 29, 2020 at 11:48 AM). I did what I always do and requested clearance. The e-mails below show that this occurred and I was cleared to speak with him. I would like very much to clear up this misunderstanding that I reached out to the reporter, which I absolutely did not. Please read the e-mail chain from bottom up. Many thanks. Best regards, Tony From: Conrad, Patricia (NIH/NIAID) [E] <conradpa@niaid.nih.gov> Sent: Tuesday, November 3, 2020 3:55 PM To: Fauci, Anthony (NIH/NIAID) [E] <afauci@niaid.nih.gov> Subject: Fwd: CLEARED - RE: Covid -- WashPost request