Trump Pulls Dr. Anthony Fauci's Security Detail: Reports
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Fauci says he has continued to face death threats for his role during the COVID-19 pandemic.
President Donald Trump has reportedly pulled the security detail of Dr. Anthony Fauci, the former public official who faced death threats for guiding the government’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Sources familiar with Trump’s decision shared the news with CNN and The New York Times on Friday, noting that Fauci’s security detail was not provided by the Secret Service, but rather by federal marshals, and later by a private contractor paid by the federal government.
The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Fauci, who served as director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases under seven presidents, shared during the height of the pandemic that he’d received “serious threats” to himself, his wife and his daughters because of his public-facing role advising Trump on his response to the disease outbreak.
In 2022, a West Virginia man was sentenced to three years in prison for sending threatening messages to Fauci and other officials, including one telling the scientist he would be “hunted, captured, tortured and killed.”
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