Despite retiring from his $480,000-a-year government job in December 2022, the nation's top COVID doctor received a security detail for almost two years.

During a publicity tour to promote his new book this summer, 83-year-old Fauci said he was scared 'deep down, that there's a possibility that somebody's gonna kill me.'

Dr. Fauci, who has an estimated $11 million net worth, was constantly surrounded by U.S. Marshals at the time whether he was at home or going to TV studios to film interviews.

That cost taxpayers $15 million in total, a memorandum of understanding between the U.S. Marshals and the Department of Health and Human Services obtained by DailyMail.com first revealed. 

That taxpayer-funded security arrangement quietly ended on September 30, 2024, the documents show, days before the election.

Trump teased on the campaign trail that he would be trimming down the 'bloated' federal government that spends billions on unnecessary wast, and Fauci's detail was bound to be high on that list. 

He created a new agency, DOGE, headed by Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy who have been tasked to do just that. 

Exclusive photos taken of Fauci at his residence over the weekend confirms that his taxpayer-funded detail appears to have been disbanded. 

The disgraced COVID czar was spotted on a walk with his wife Christine without any security detail on Saturday.

And instead of the huge group U.S. Marshals that were spotted at his home earlier this year, a what appeared to be several private security bodyguards were seen instead. 

Over the summer, there were at least six U.S. Marshals with a fleet of vehicles parked in Fauci's neighborhood. 

The agents were ready for whenever he wanted to leave his property - which according to real estate websites is worth around $2.2 million.