Fauci and his wife's net worth jumped $5 million during pandemic, financial disclosures show



Dr. Anthony Fauci's household net worth nearly doubled during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a nonprofit government watchdog.

Open the Books – a government watchdog group – revealed that the household net worth Fauci and his wife increased by $5 million during the pandemic years.

Fauci and his wife, Christine Grady, saw their net worth jump from $7.6 million on Jan. 1, 2019, to more than $12.6 million on Dec. 31, 2021.

"During the ongoing pandemic year of 2021, the Fauci’s household income, perks and benefits, and unrealized investment gains totaled $2,832,876 — including federal income and benefits of $903,497; outside awards and royalties totaling $1,019,205; and $910,174 in investment gains," Open the Books reported.

Fauci made $456,028 in 2021 as the director of the National Institutes of Allergies and Infectious Diseases (NIAID). Fauci was paid $3.7 million between 2010 and 2020, according to financial disclosures.

Fauci allegedly is given 44 days of paid time off because he has been a federal employee for more than 55 years.

Fauci's wife – who is the chief at the National Institutes of Health's Clinical Center's Department of Bioethics – made $238,970 in 2021, according to Open the Books. Grady was reportedly paid about $1.6 million in cash compensation since 2015.

Open the Books reported, "Disclosures show $910,174 in gains within the Fauci stock, bond, and money market portfolio during 2021 – in 2020, the portfolio gained $794,369. The total value of Dr. Fauci’s investment account was $10,271,626 and his wife’s investments totaled another $2,405,887, as of 12/31/2021."

A January 2021 Open the Books report found that Fauci is the highest-paid employee of the federal government.

Fauci – President Joe Biden's medical adviser – will reportedly receive the largest retirement package in U.S. government history.

"Our auditors at OpenTheBooks.com estimate Dr. Fauci’s annual retirement would exceed $350,000. Thereafter, his pension and benefits would continue to increase through annual cost-of-living adjustments," the group stated in December 2021.

"While Dr. Fauci has been a government bureaucrat for more than 55 years, his household net worth skyrocketed during the pandemic," Open the Books CEO Adam Andrzejewski told Fox News. "Fauci's soaring net worth was based on career-end salary spiking, lucrative cash prizes awarded by non-profit organizations around the world, and an ever-larger investment portfolio."

"Despite becoming a figure of controversy, the system has rewarded Dr. Fauci handsomely," Andrzejewski added. "For example, he is the top-paid federal employee, his first-year golden parachute retirement pension is the largest in federal history, and he's accepting $1 million prizes from foreign non-profits."

Open the Books reported in May that NIH scientists were given more than $350 million in royalties by third parties between fiscal years 2010 and 2020.

Open the Books noted, "Because those payments enrich the agency and its scientists, each and every royalty payment could be a potential conflict of interest and needs disclosure."

GOP senator who was called a 'moron' by Fauci leaks top doc's unredacted financial disclosures, proposes 'FAUCI Act'



The Republican senator who was called a "moron" by Dr. Anthony Fauci has published unredacted financial disclosures of the nation's top doctor. The GOP senator is also planning to introduce a bill named after Fauci following a tense exchange on Capitol Hill.

Sen. Roger Marshall (R-Kan.) grilled Fauci on Tuesday during a Senate committee hearing.

"You have an annual salary in 2020 that was $434,000," Marshall said of Fauci. "You oversee over $5 billion in federal research grants. As the highest-paid employee in the entire federal government, yes or no: Would you be willing to submit to Congress and the public a financial disclosure that includes your past and current investments?”

Fauci responded, "My financial disclosure is public knowledge and has been so for the last 37 years or so."

The two men then had a testy exchange debating whether or not Fauci's financial disclosures are public knowledge. The volatile back-and-forth ended with Fauci being caught on a hot mic demeaning Marshall, "What a moron! Jesus Christ."

On Friday, Marshall obtained Fauci's previously unpublished financial disclosures from the National Institutes of Health.

"While Fauci's financial disclosure documents can be requested from the National Institute of Health, they aren't listed in the same searchable database as many other federal officials," Fox News noted.

The records show that Fauci — who is the top bioethicist at the National Institutes of Health — and his wife have a combined net worth of $10.4 million.

Fauci will reportedly make approximately $2.5 million as President Joe Biden's chief medical advisor between 2020 and 2024 if he stays on through Biden's current term.

Fauci, 80, has been in charge of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases since 1984, and he is currently making $434,312 a year as head of the NIAID.

"Fauci's records show that he and his wife were paid $13,298 to attend four galas and ceremonies - three of them virtual," the Daily Mail reported. "The disclosures show Fauci was paid $5,000 to attend a 'RFK Ripple of Hope' virtual awards ceremony in December 2020; $1,600 to attend 'An Evening of Hope' virtual event in April 2020; and $1,500 to attend a 'Prepared for Life' virtual gala in October 2020. He was also reimbursed $5,198 for costs associated with his being awarded federal employee of the year and being given the Service to America medal, in October 2020."

A report that surfaced last month stated that Fauci is set to make a $350,000 annual pension, the largest retirement package in U.S. government history.

Marshall released a statement that reads, "Since the disclosures were not public, on Wednesday, Senator Marshall sent a letter to Dr. Fauci formally requesting his un-redacted financial disclosures by 5:00 p.m. Friday, January 14th. In response, Dr. Fauci produced these previously unpublished documents."

Marshall accused Fauci of lying about his financial disclosures being available to the public, and announced that he plans on introducing legislation named after the White House's chief medical adviser.

Dr. Fauci lied to the American people. He is more concerned with being a media star and posing for the cover of magazines than he is being honest with the American people and holding China accountable for the COVID pandemic that has taken the lives of almost 850 thousand Americans. Just like he has misled the American people about sending taxpayers dollars to Wuhan, China to fund gain-of-function research, about masks, testing, and more, Dr. Fauci was completely dishonest about his financial disclosures being open to the public – it’s no wonder he is the least trusted bureaucrat in America. At the end of the day, Dr. Fauci must be held accountable to all Americans who have been suing and requesting for this information but don’t have the power of a Senate office to ask for it. For these reasons, I will be introducing the FAUCI Act so financial disclosures like these are made public and are easily accessible online to every American.

Marshall's bill is named the "Financial Accountability for Uniquely Compensated Individuals Act." The bill claims that records of government officials like Dr. Anthony Fauci are not easily accessible to the public.

The FAUCI Act would require administration officials to provide public access to their financial disclosures on the official Office of Government Ethics website. The bill would also list all confidential filers within the government whose financial disclosures are not public.

Others have previously attempted to obtain Fauci's financial information.

The Center for Public Integrity submitted a request for Fauci's financial disclosures with the NIH in 2020.

"I first asked the NIH for Fauci’s disclosure on May 18, 2020 and didn’t receive it until Aug. 5," wrote Center for Public Integrity reporter Liz Essley Whyte. "The NIH also chose to give the disclosure to me under the Freedom of Information Act, which they didn’t need to do and caused the document to be partially redacted. (Though most of the information about Fauci’s income, gifts and investments in 2019 is still there for all to see.) They did not respond to my questions, then or now, about why they did that."

In October, Judicial Watch launched a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit on behalf of OpenTheBooks.com against the Department of Health and Human Services for the "employment contracts; financial, conflict of interest, and confidentiality disclosure documents; and job description of National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) Director Anthony S. Fauci, M.D., as well as royalties paid to NIH employees by outside entities."

Forbes reported that the "NIH is holding 1,200 pages of Fauci disclosure information," and that the "agency will only produce 300 pages per month and not even begin to produce documents until February 1st."