Fact Check: Katie Miller Received Medical Advice From Dr. Fauci During Her 2020 Pregnancy — Then Called For His Imprisonment

This article reviews primary-source material and contemporaneous reporting showing that Katie Miller, then press secretary to Vice President Mike Pence, received medical advice from Dr. Anthony Fauci while pregnant and infected with COVID-19 in 2020 — and that she later publicly urged that Fauci be jailed. The conclusion is based on entries from Fauci's recently released diary and Miller's own posts on X (formerly Twitter).

Background

In late July 2026, redacted portions of Dr. Fauci's diary were made public. Social posts and news reports drew attention to multiple diary entries that describe Fauci calling and advising Katie Miller and her husband, Stephen Miller, during the early months of the pandemic. Those posts also pointed out that, by mid-2026, Katie Miller had publicly characterized Fauci as manipulative and called for him to face imprisonment.

What the Records Show

Fauci's diary and Miller's archived X posts corroborate repeated communications between them in 2020. Several diary entries include concrete medical advice or descriptions of calls with Miller:

May 8, 2020 (PDF Page 170): Fauci wrote that he spent time on the phone advising the Millers, noting that Katie was about 10 weeks pregnant and advising Stephen to move to a hotel and self-isolate for 14 days.

May 9, 2020 (PDF Page 171): Fauci wrote he was calling Katie frequently, calming her during an anxiety episode and noting her vital signs were OK.

Additional entries document follow-up: Fauci recorded that Miller was "feeling better" by May 18 (PDF Page 182), and reporting indicated she returned to work on May 26, 2020. The diary also records an October 2020 episode in which Fauci advised the couple about hotel isolation and conditions for Stephen's return after multiple negative PCR tests (PDF Page 381).

Instances Of Miller Seeking Advice

At least one diary entry indicates Miller directly sought Fauci's guidance: on June 20, 2020, Fauci noted she called to ask whether she should wear a mask at the Tulsa rally; he advised that she and Stephen should wear masks, particularly because she was in her second trimester (PDF Page 212). Photographs from the rally showed Miller holding a mask but not wearing it.

Miller's Later Statements

On July 30, 2026, Katie Miller posted on X that Dr. Fauci was a "narcissist" who "weaponized my pregnancy and child" and wrote that "this man should be in prison." Her posts and other public comments do not make clear why she sought or accepted Fauci's medical advice in 2020 despite her later negative characterization of him.

Context And Limits

The diary contains numerous mentions of the name "Katie" (about 60 instances in the 1,141-page document), with at least 15 entries that explicitly reference Katie Miller, her family, or medical advice provided to the Millers. The diary entries, contemporaneous reporting (Reuters, Politico) and Miller's own posts are the basis for the conclusion. Journalists contacted both Miller and Fauci for comment; at the time of publication neither had provided substantive responses to questions about the motivations for the communications.

Conclusion

Primary-source evidence — Dr. Fauci's diary entries — and Miller's own social-media posts substantiate that Fauci provided medical advice to Katie Miller during her COVID-19 infection and pregnancy in 2020. It is also accurate that Miller later publicly demanded Fauci be jailed. What remains unclear is why Miller sought or followed Fauci's advice at the time, given her later statements that she considered him manipulative.

Sources

Key sources include Dr. Anthony Fauci's diary (archived PDF released in July 2026), Miller's posts on X, and contemporaneous reporting from Reuters and Politico. Additional coverage referenced comments about diary redactions published by NOTUS and archived versions of the diary on the Wayback Machine.