TOPLINE: Taxpayers have spent $15 million on security services for Dr. Anthony Fauci in the past two years, after he had already returned to life as a private citizen, according to a new report from OpenTheBooks.com.
KEY FACTS: The security agreement took effect in January 2023, and extended to September 2024. The agreement states that the contract could be extended. OpenTheBooks.com asked the U.S. Marshals Service for clarification, but they didn’t respond.
The price tag includes salaries and benefits for the U.S. marshals guarding Fauci, a private chauffeur, law enforcement equipment, and more.
Fauci retired from his position as director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases in December 2022. He claimed he still receives death threats from those unhappy with his handling of the COVID-19 pandemic.
OpenTheBooks.com uncovered the arrangement between the Department of Health and Human Services and the Department of Justice through a Freedom of Information Act request.
The expense comes as the Marshals Service is struggling to protect current government employees. The agency asked Congress for an extra $28.1 million next year to better protect federal judges with its limited staffing resources.
BACKGROUND: OpenTheBooks.com previously reported that Fauci was the highest-paid federal employee in history in 2022 with a salary of $480,654. We estimate his pension will exceed $350,000, also the largest ever.
He and his wife, Dr. Christine Grady, had a net worth as high as $12.6 million in 2022. That was over $5 million higher than in 2019, before the pandemic began.
SUMMARY: Government security for a private citizen who is not a former president is incredibly unusual, and possibly unheard of. If Fauci wants protection, he should pay for it himself.
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He should be scared; he is still RESPONSIBLE for the many COVID deaths in this nation and profiteering from the Pharmeceutical companies over many years. He really needs to be brought up on charges for the disgraceful execution of his appointed position.
I think that DOGE will take care of this waste of money once President Trump takes office, if not before! Yes this person should definitely be brought up on charges for his covid handling
I believe the threats are in his mind. USSS can’t cover President elect Trump who’s actually been shot. Have seen anyone shooting at the midget. DOGE needs to chop off his protection service and let Fauci truly see what a death threat is like. Cut him off now. Good luck fauci.
Cut off the Crooked Bastard, NO MORE PROTECION
He should be in jail for crimes against humanity
He doesn’t deserve a government pension or free security from the United States taxpayers. That is ludicrous ???? and he doesn’t need it at all‼️
He has not earned, therefore, he does not deserve a government pension or free security from the United States taxpayers. That is just ludicrous and he doesn’t need it!!!
Just give Fauci the same vaccine as ordinary victims.
He is not deserving. With his wealth intact, shouldn’t he be responsible for hiring his own security? He has no legitimate excuse.
Well Jan 21, 2025 that will end, and I hope someone pays this “maggot” back for 1Million American lives lost.
What a lying traitor to our country, prosecute and bankrupt this scumbag.
With that salary, he can afford his own security.
Maybe Elon and Vivek can help here.
This criminal should be getting three hots and cot in prison.
If federal funds are paying for security services for Fauci after he retired, why am I not getting free security services? I am retired and at least I was doing something productive while I worked.
He deserves the death threats, and if someone acts upon the threats, they would save the country a lot of money.
His trial and execution for Crimes Against Humanity will cost the American Public an unethical amount. But that is how Faucci likes things, unethical.
Made plenty of money on vaccine stocks, didn’t he…Douchebag!!
Anthony Fraudci deserves nothing but a jail cell. He is responsible for thousands of deaths around the globe as he constantly lied to the entire world. I hope Trump’s AG prosecutes this worthless reprobate!
Get Pfizer, WHO, and China to pay for their boy.
My Granddaughter and myself have developed a condition called P.O.T.S.! It’s a syndrome that encompasses a lot of different symptoms! This syndrome was caused in us by the Covid vaccine and the virus itself!! And it’s a lifelong issue for which there is no cure and there are very, very few medications available and they don’t work on most people!! To read about the amount of tax dollars this assh**e is spending is despicable!! I have gone thru all of my retirement to even get a diagnosis for my Granddaughter! So, Fauci is living the high life and I’m living on social security alone now!!
I am disgusted with Fauci and his daily dose of lies!! I’m disgusted with the Biden/Harris administration for taking our country in an entirely wrong direction!!! Too much waste and fraud with them along with spending too much money, period!! I would love to assist Elon and Vivik in deciding what agency cuts there will be and whose funding will be cut!!! I have no attachments and I don’t have to have anyone like me either so there is no persuasion going on!!
Hope Elon and the DOGE team cuts his butt out of the Government pocketbook.
reclaim & deny him federal funding or “perks!” nw
What a waste of taxpayers money time to stop what does he need us to keep paying for him let him get his own rides and take care of himself this needs to stop I hope President Trump puts a stop to this waste of money and more.
Flip-Flop Fauci doesn’t deserve taxpayer-funded perks like this. It’s just more government waste and abuse for DOGE to dispose of.
It’s getting to the point that if you have a government job … and due to your position in that government job, that you get free protection from the government. So the guy that dumps biden’s trash cans, gets a threat against his life, and hence will be protected, probably better than Donald Trump as a former President, and candidate for President was protected. Me thinks something kind of stinky is going on …… just sayin
End these benefits..Fauci is not only a Liar but co-conspirator to killing many people.
Dr.Fauci should be charged with Treason.
There’s no excuse for his actions.
Prosecute him to the fullest extent of the law.
The best security detail would be in Federal Prison, solitary confinement. This guy is a mass murderer of galactic proportions.
More like the waste of several decades of our tax dollars. I might even go a bit further and call it a waste of good air that this devil of a human had to breathe!
And as of about 3 or 4 years ago this scammer was the richest “man” in DC….and this low life is still around? The scammer, liar, fairy tale teller…not to mention his pet “Wuhan” lab which he denied at first even knowing about….jerk should be in jail for the deaths of a whole lotta folks along with governor Cuomo of New York who put covid positive patients in nursing homes!! Per the count: approximately 15,000 grampa’s and gramma’s died because of this evil and Cuomo skated!
Fauci and the democrats are Sewage of society.
Let him pay for his own personal life guards. And he certainly doesn’t need a government paid chauffeur.
Trump gets blamed for COVID deaths, but it really was Fauci who “managed” the plandemic.
Prison is what he deserves!
Outrageous!
So what if he is still ‘gettong threats’. He has enough money to pay for any security he thinks he has earned!
As much as Fauci has made all those years he “served” in government and makes from his pension, he can afford to pay for his own security. We don’t support other criminals–except those in prison—do we?
Fauci needs to be fired and put in jail for treason. We need new people running our government who love America and will work to help our country prosper and move forward!
That is utterly ridiculous! Get rid of him!
Do something about!!!
Why is he still receiving these perks? He surely doesn’t need to get a pension for what he did to the USA during Covid. He shouldn’t need to have a security detail paid for by the Government. In fact, he should be thoroughly investigated by a special counsel appointed by DOJ after January of 2025.
Fauci and others like him who have abused American citizens need to be paying back, not receiving.
This scumbag thief should be in prison for treason & have to pay back all of the money he stole from us taxpayers!!!!
Defund DOGE
First off, I’m a Republican. Doctor Fauci helped lead our nation through the pandemic saving countless lives with his great advice on masks and vaccinations. He deserves the security detail and every other perk he has gotten. I’ve never heard of a Jeremy Portnoy until now. What has he accomplished?