Ex-Fauci adviser pleads guilty to plotting to conceal COVID-19 research records
Summary
A former senior adviser to Dr. Anthony Fauci, Dr. David Morens, pleaded guilty to trying to hide federal records related to COVID-19 research. He faces up to five years in prison and will be sentenced in November.Key Facts
- Dr. David Morens was a senior adviser to Dr. Anthony Fauci at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.
- Morens admitted to using his personal email to avoid public records laws.
- He tried to conceal or destroy records about COVID-19 research grants.
- This included efforts to revive a controversial coronavirus research grant.
- The case came after a House Republican investigation into the origins of COVID-19.
- Morens denied wrongdoing during congressional testimony before pleading guilty.
- Dr. Fauci has not been charged in this case.
- Morens, 78 years old, will be sentenced on November 12 by a federal judge in Maryland.
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