Fauci visibly rattled as Rand Paul drops stunning Bill Gates security clearance bombshell during ferocious COVID hearing | 29 July 2026 | Rand Paul revealed on Wednesday that Bill Gates held a top-level security clearance during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Republican Senator brought up the businessman and philanthropist while grilling Dr Anthony Fauci during an explosive hearing on Capital Hill. “Bill Gates was given Q security clearance from 2014 to 2021,” Paul stated in the final moments of the hearing, alluding to the clearance first granted during the Obama administration. The designation — a Q security clearance — is a high-level access authorization granted by the Department of Energy (DOE) that is functionally equivalent to a Department of Defense Top Secret clearance. During an earlier round of questioning from Florida Republican Senator Rick Scott, Fauci was asked if he partnered with “Bill Gates on global health initiatives or vaccines,’ or if he had “knowledge of Bill Gates partnering with China on sensitive research.” Fauci refused to answer both questions. [Gates and Fauci need to be tried for treason.]