President Donald Trump has ended the government security detail for Dr. Anthony Fauci, his chief medical adviser during much of the 2020 coronavirus pandemic.
Dr. Fauci faced regular threats to his life and has received federal protection for years, but his government security detail was abruptly ended this week.
Trump said he would not feel responsible if anything happened to Fauci as a result of his federal security clearances being cut.
Dr. Anthony Fauci is the latest ex-aide to lose government protection, reflecting Trump's early moves against perceived adversaries.
Dr. Facui, one of the nation’s top health officials for decades, received death threats during the COVID-19 pandemic. He'll now hire his own security.
Critics say Fauci has tried to cover up the origins of COVID-19, including U.S. funding for coronavirus research in Wuhan.
President Biden's pardon protects Anthony Fauci, a longtime target of MAGA critics, from charges related to the contentious debate over origins of Covid or other issues.
The heads of the Jan. 6 committee say they're grateful for the decision by President Joe Biden to pardon them “not for breaking the law but for upholding it.”
With just hours remaining in office, the president issued the pardons to protect people Donald Trump had threatened.
With just hours left of his presidency, Joe Biden issued preemptive pardons to Dr. Anthony Fauci, retired Gen. Mark Milley and members of the House Jan. 6 committee.
Dr. Anthony Fauci, former director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, responded to President Joe Biden issuing him a preemptive pardon on Monday.