Ex-Fauci adviser pleads guilty to plotting to conceal COVID-19 research records during pandemic
Summary
A former senior adviser to Dr. Anthony Fauci, Dr. David Morens, pleaded guilty to a crime for trying to hide government records about COVID-19 research. He admitted to using a private email to avoid public records laws and will be sentenced in November.Key Facts
- Dr. David Morens was a senior adviser to Dr. Anthony Fauci.
- Morens pleaded guilty to conspiring to defraud the U.S. government, a crime that can lead to up to five years in prison.
- He used his private email to avoid public records laws related to COVID-19 research.
- The hidden records involved discussions on COVID-19 research grants, including a controversial coronavirus grant.
- The case followed an investigation by House Republicans into COVID-19 origins and email communications.
- Morens had previously denied trying to hide records.
- Dr. Fauci has not been charged in this case.
- Fauci refused to answer some questions in congressional hearings and was held in contempt of Congress by a Senate committee.
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