Sen. Rand Paul says Fauci's emails paint a 'disturbing picture' about what he knew about work inside the Wuhan lab and slams his book as 'science fiction' while Biden throws his support behind the embattled chief medical advisor Sen. Rand Paul said during a Fox interview Thursday night that Fauci's emails showed that Fauci knew the US was funding gain-of-function research in Wuhan Fauci's emails 'tell me early on that he was very worried' before the pandemic even started, Paul said President Joe Biden said he is 'very confident' in Fauci during Friday morning press briefing Paul attacked Fauci on Twitter after Fauci's book was pulled because it was released prematurely: 'I think they should publish it. I love science fiction'