Former National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases director Dr. Anthony Fauci, the face of the U.S. government’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic, received taxpayer-funded security detail from the U.S. Marshals service worth $15 million from Jan. 24, 2023, to Sept. 20, 2024, according to Freedom of Information Act documents obtained by independent journalist Jordan Schachtel and Open the Books.

Fauci, who left public office in December 2022 after decades of public service, received the protection as part of an arrangement within a memorandum of understanding (MOU) between Health and Human Services and the U.S. Marshals Service (USMS).

The MOU states that the contract could be extended but Open Books said the Marshals Service had not responded with clarification on whether that would happen ahead of the article being published.

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