For the first year of his retirement, Dr. Anthony Fauci reportedly enjoyed $15 million worth of taxpayer-funded security services.
Between Jan. 4th, 2023, and Sept. 20, 2024, a whopping $15 million was spent on protecting Fauci, who resigned in December of 2022 as the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), according to Open The Books.
“Up until at least late September, this agreement between the two government agencies has left the American taxpayer on the hook for the costs attached to Dr. Fauci’s lifestyle, which included a publicly-funded chauffeur and a fully staffed U.S. Marshals security detail,” the government watchdog group notes.
F-ing Fauci!!! He’s getting a 15-million dollar security detail, paid with OUR tax dollars and the Mother-Scratcher isn’t even a govt employee anymore! This must end!!! pic.twitter.com/ep45LRNuUh
— Grant Stinchfield (@stinchfield1776) November 9, 2024
Open The Books obtained proof of this by filing a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request for access to a memorandum of understanding (MOU) between the U.S. Marshals Service and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).
According to the MOU, the $15 million was paid for the salaries and benefits of the personnel assigned to protect Fauci, for the costs of transporting Fauci, and for additional law enforcement equipment.
“The MOU states that the contract could be extended, and it is unknown if it has been,” Open The Books notes. “We asked the Marshals Service for clarification, and they did not get back to us within our deadline. We will provide an update if they respond.”
Responding to this reporting, critics were flummoxed, flabbergasted, and angry.
Look:
It would be cheaper if the incarcerate him.
— Freedomisnotfree (@ginagor) November 11, 2024
He should be investigated for crimes against humanity not given anymore money!
— NoLa (@MsNoLaJane) November 11, 2024
The only place Fauci should be chauffeured to is his trial for crimes against humanity.
— Planet Of Memes (@PlanetOfMemes) November 11, 2024
Let him pay for his own security if he wants; or he can move to guantanamo and get free security…
— Third Leg (@CwaAlx) November 9, 2024
Non elected private citizen. Why are we paying for his security? He sure in the hell didn’t care about ours.
— [email protected] (@SF49ERANDGIANT) November 10, 2024
Is this something that can be undone in a couple months? And why would anyone who “did their best by the people” need all that security?
— ViVixen ️✨ (@Vivixen20191) November 10, 2024
Note what the latter critic wrote. It’s a valid point. If Fauci is as great and noble a man as he envisions, then why would he need security? Perhaps it’s because he’s not so great and noble after all.
“[H]is detractors recall a government official who led the fight to implement years-long draconian restrictions upon the American people, which devastated the fabric of U.S. society, greatly harmed the economy, and caused all kinds of additional negative repercussions – including widespread learning loss among America’s youth,” Open The Books notes.
“Fauci was never shy to advocate for lockdowns, social distancing, school closures, business closures, mask mandates, and vaccine passports from his powerful federal perch during the COVID-19 pandemic,” the watchdog group continues.
Despite unleashing all this on the American people, he was the highest-paid federal employee between 2019 and 2022.
All this comes days after a pivotal election that some believe may have stark consequences for Fauci.
“This will not go well for Fauci,” former Levi’s exec Jennifer Sey tweeted after President-elect Donald Trump’s victory last week. “Good.”
She was, as previously reported, forced out of Levi’s after she started speaking out in opposition to COVID-era school closures.
Sey has been critical of Fauci for years now.
Below is an example from 2023:
Sorry Fauci. I’m not letting up on the “blame game.” Children’s lives were forever altered. We did know better. There needs to be accountability so it never happens again. https://t.co/v94CQiZjNu
— Jennifer Sey (@JenniferSey) April 29, 2023
Sey wasn’t alone in her predictions about Fauci.
“Very bad night for unindicted felon Fauci…who now is on an fast track to becoming indicted and convicted felon Anthony Fauci,” prominent molecular biologist Richard H. Ebright tweeted.
Look:
Very bad night for unindicted felon Fauci…who now is on an fast track to becoming indicted and convicted felon Anthony Fauci. pic.twitter.com/kGgeXKPcUB
— Richard H. Ebright (@R_H_Ebright) November 6, 2024
Will Fauci actually face any sort of scrutiny or even prosecution? What’s known is that over the summer, House Oversight and Accountability Committee chair James Comer told reporters he was in search of evidence of criminal wrongdoing by Fauci. The remarks were made hours after Fauci testified before Congress again.
“I think the American people saw the slick-talker who fooled America, who has probably done more harm to public education, he did more harm to our national debt and to our economy than any single human being in my lifetime,” Comer said in a Newsmax interview, as reported by The Hill.
“Hopefully, we can take his words today and continue to try to gather evidence and take steps to try to hold him in criminal wrongdoing, because I believe that the majority of Americans realize that Dr. Fauci made costly mistakes, he’s lied about them and he’s tried to cover it up,” he added.
- O’Reilly reminisces on Barbara Walters-era of ‘The View’: ‘That hatred didn’t exist’ - December 7, 2024
- Controversial figure Nick Fuentes arrested after woman confronts him at his home - December 7, 2024
- Biden regime makes first climate crime arrest: ‘It will not be the last’ - December 7, 2024
Comment
We have no tolerance for comments containing violence, racism, profanity, vulgarity, doxing, or discourteous behavior. If a comment is spam, instead of replying to it please click the ∨ icon below and to the right of that comment. Thank you for partnering with us to maintain fruitful conversation.