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.

President Trump on Friday defended the removal of Dr. Anthony Fauci’s security detail, suggesting former government officials should not get indefinite security even as Fauci and others have faced

By Nandita Bose and Susan Heavey ASHEVILLE, North Carolina/WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Donald Trump said on Friday Dr. Anthony Fauci, a former top health official who has faced threats since leading the country's COVID-19 response,

Fauci served as the leading US infectious disease expert during the COVID-19 pandemic, was under security provided by the NIH.

He is the latest in a string of former Trump aides-turned-critics to see their federal protection canceled despite ongoing threats to their lives.

Trump revoked the security for Dr. Anthony Fauci, the infectious disease expert and former advisor turned critic who faces regular threats to his life.

President Trump confirmed Friday he stripped security protections former National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Director Anthony Fauci, the latest in a pattern of retaliation against political adversaries. Why it matters: All of Trump's targets have received death threats during a time of heightened political violence.

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.

In his last moments in office, President Biden issued a flurry of preemptive pardons for younger brother James Biden and other family members as well as former chief medical adviser to the president,

Biden issued pre-emptive pardons for members of Jan. 6 committee, as Trump as signaled he would pardon some of the rioters involved in the capitol breach.

Biden issued pre-emptive pardons for members of Jan. 6 committee, as Trump as signaled he would pardon some of the rioters involved in the capitol breach.