# This Isn't a Hearing. It's a Show Trial.

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Podcast: [The Bulwark](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-bulwark-4018927)
Published: 2026-07-29T19:52:31+00:00
Episode link: https://www.thebulwark.com/p/this-isnt-a-hearing-its-a-show-trial
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## Resource

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Jonathan Cohn takes on the Fauci hearing spectacle, where Rand Paul grilled the former NIH chief over newly obtained diaries—and Fauci pled the Fifth. Cohn joins MS Now to separate legitimate oversight from what he calls a political show trial aimed at Trump-era vengeance.

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