Nobody with half a functioning brain viewed either of these guys as some shining beacon of honesty.

Still, seeing the relationship laid out in Fauci's own private COVID-era diary is wild.

Today, we're not talking about rumors, anonymous sources, or somebody's spin on what might've happened.

These are Fauci's own personal notes, documenting his cozy private dinners, personal texts, political gossip, and some really unprofessional behind-the-scenes relationship with CNN's biggest clown, Jake Tapper.

It's all right there in black and white, so let's break it down.

According to Fauci's diary, he actually wrote up questions and gave them to Tapper when he interviewed one of Trump's top health officials. Tapper also privately texted Fauci his thoughts about Deborah Birx, and how she was getting a little too Trumpy. The two BFF's also had dinner at each other's homes, and Fauci described one of those evenings as "friendship building."

Are your eyes rolling right now?

All of that's scandalous enough to make every American question what they were actually watching when Tapper appeared on television pretending to "independently" cover the Trump administration's COVID response.

Was he reporting on Fauci or for Fauci?

And then there's the kicker…

While Americans were being told to stay away from dying loved ones, cancel weddings, skip funerals, shut down churches, and treat normal human contact like a public death warrant, Fauci found time for private dinners with Jake and his wife.

Apparently, "friendship building" was essential business.

These posts are so damning to both men.

Emily Jashinsky:

Fauci backchanneled questions to Jake Tapper for his interview with Trump's assistant secretary for health. He'd recently been over to the Tapper home for dinner and wrote "Friendship building." Tapper had also been texting Fauci his private thoughts on Deb Birx.