The president of the United States, Donald Trump, canceled the federal security for Dr. Anthony Fauci, his advisor during the Covid-19 pandemic and the last one of a series of ex-assistants turned into his critics.
The president of the United States, Donald Trump, canceled federal security for Dr. Anthony Fauci, the infectious disease expert who advised him during the Covid-19 pandemic, a person familiar with the matter said on Friday.
Fauci is the last one of a series of Trump ex -assistants turned into critics whose security by the federal government has been canceled despite the threats to their lives.
Talking to journalists in North Carolina on Friday, Trump said he would not feel responsible if something bad happened to the former government officials. A person familiar with the matter, who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss delicate security issues, said the Federal Farm Security team finished activities on Thursday and that since then has hired private security.
When asked about Fauci and the National Security Exase John Bolton, Trump said: “They all earned a lot of money. They can also hire their own security. ”
Trump canceled protection this week too For former State Secretary Mike Pompeo and for his advisor Brian Hook, as well as for Bolton. All have faced Iran's threats since they adopted uncompromising positions about the Islamic Republic during Trump's first mandate and distanced themselves from him in the years after he left office in 2021.
Fauci was regularly next to Trump at the beginning of the Covid-19 outbreak but became critical of the president after he tried to undermine the public health guidelines. Fauci faced contributing threats to his life and has received federal protection for years.
Bolton, Hook and Pompeo were renewed repeatedly security teams by the Joe Biden government due to credible and continuous threats of Iran. Fauci's was also repeatedly renewed by President Joe Biden due to national threats.
“You can't have a security team for the rest of your life because you worked for the government,” Trump said.