Kentucky Senator Rand Paul stopped by Fox News this week to discuss controversial COVID Doc Anthony Fauci’s retirement perks; “The only retired official I know of that gets this kind of treatment is a former president,” Paul told Jesse Watters Primetime.
Paul wrote a letter to HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra to get more information on why Fauci is currently enjoying taxpayer-funded limo rides and security detail.
From Just The News:
Watters said a Fox News Freedom of Information Act request revealed that the U.S. Marshals took Fauci’s security earlier this year. The Health and Human Services Department had previously told Congress that they had not paid for Fauci’s security since January.
“It’s a terrible example of the government lying to its representatives and to the people,” Paul said. “I have no idea why this bureaucrat still has a limo driver security detail.”
The senator also questioned whether Fauci is still receiving pro bono legal representation and said that the doctor’s wealth increased by 30% during the COVID-19 pandemic, so he should be able to pay for his own security detail.
Fauci was the highest-paid federal employee when he retired, making more than $417,000 in the year before the pandemic and over $434,000 in 2020. He is now a professor at Georgetown University.
Watch the clip below:
ONLY ON PRIMETIME: After months of rumors, Primetime has cracked the case. We filed a FOIA and we can now reveal that taxpayers are funding Fauci’s security detail.
The U.S. Marshals are taking him around in limousines and giving him around-the-clock security. @RandPaul says… pic.twitter.com/FBGn2hwVCC
— Jesse Watters (@JesseBWatters) July 18, 2023
