While reading a post by u/Cajunmommabear38 I noticed an interesting comment by u/Eel3 saying they believe Fauci was actually being detained by the Marshals and it is not their job to be bodyguards.

This is an interesting comment, although Eel3 is actually wrong about Marshals not providing protective services. They are the primary agency that is assigned to protect SCOTUS, other federal judges, some US Attorneys, and certain high-value witnesses. They are also often used when no other agency fits the protection required.

While I was looking this up I found a CNN article complaining about the Trump administration wanting to use the USMS to provide security for certain cabinet-level appointees. Now I know it's a CNN article, but in this case they may have accidentally stumbled on the truth without even realizing it. I know - mind-blowing, right?

Typically the protective details are assigned using armed agents from their agencies, but this came up when Betsy DeVos (Education Secretary) needed security after being attacked early on. Ed Dept doesn't have armed security so the Marshals were used. They also often deputize armed officers from other agencies to perform protection because they don't have enough Marshals to fit that mission.

The article had a very interesting ending that got me thinking.

One source familiar with the ongoing discussions said a potential benefit of this new arrangement would be greater oversight and accountability of Cabinet-level protective operations because armed personnel would fall within the Marshals’ chain of command and not report directly to the agencies to which they are assigned.

https://www.cnn.com/2018/06/21/politics/us-marshals-cabinet-security/index.html

The Trump administration in 2018 wanted US Marshals to provide protection for cabinet-level officials, and the officers would not report to the cabinet agency, but to the US Marshals. Think about that for a moment. What would that allow? If Trump knew there were going to be a bunch of arrests for high-ranking people in the government why would he want them protected by the Marshals instead of for example the FBI or DHS, USSS, DSS, or even DOD? Maybe because all of those agencies have their own Deep State people that could either "lose" the protectee/detainee or maybe practice a little arkancide. It's worth noting that the media and much of the government was entirely against the idea from the start, so that tells me it is a good idea.

I think Trump was planning on the arrests 5 years ago and already starting to setup the process necessary to keep them safe and secure, and more importantly detained without anyone even realizing it.

I don't know yet if the program was ever legitimized via CONgress, but obviously it is still in place if they are "protecting" Fauci. Who knows - the fact that Fauci is still receiving a protective detail now being known may force other actions. Fauci is not entitled to any protection as a retiree, so I expect CONgress to have hearings on the how and why. That may buy a little time, but not much more than a month or two. Something will have to be done soon.

Since the post I was reading from u/Cajunmommabear38 was actually about Rand Paul saying Fauci was referred to DOJ for lying to CONgress, I'd say something is happening.

I also used this article for some of my research: https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/protecting-us-government-leaders-security-analysis/story?id=66258938