Last month, Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) wrote Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra, requesting information "regarding Dr. Fauci's employment status and receipt of taxpayer-funded benefits." Though Fauci touted his plan to retire from government service at the conclusion of 2022, Paul wrote that "it is not clear if that is in fact the case."
U.S. marshals confirmed that, at the request of Attorney General Merrick Garland, Dr. Fauci is receiving taxpayer-funded security, which includes a limousine and "follow car," Fox News reported. Documents obtained through the FOIA request showed that the security detail will last through September 2023, but it may be extended.
Appearing on Watters' show, Paul confirmed the development.
"We asked HHS early in the summer. We asked is he still working and does he have this limo and does he have a driver and does he have a security detail?" Paul explained. "HHS actually came back to us and said they haven't been paying for it since January. But then we discovered that Fox did a Freedom of Information Act and a judge forced them to say that, well, while HHS wasn't directly funding it, the U.S. Marshals were funding it.
"Can you imagine? We asked the government, 'Are you funding his limo and his driver and his security detail?' And they say, 'Oh, we're not doing it; somebody else is doing it and then we're reimbursing them'," Paul continued.
