Former Fauci adviser pleads guilty to conspiracy to conceal Covid-19 records
Summary
A former adviser to Dr. Anthony Fauci, David Morens, pleaded guilty to conspiring to hide government documents about Covid-19 research grants. He admitted to trying to avoid public records laws by using personal email to communicate about certain grants linked to the Wuhan lab theory.Key Facts
- David Morens was a senior official at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases during the Covid-19 pandemic.
- He pleaded guilty to conspiracy to evade public records laws related to government documents.
- The charges involve efforts to hide information about research grants connected to Covid-19 origins.
- Prosecutors said Morens helped try to restore a canceled grant on bat coronavirus research linked to the Wuhan lab.
- Morens and others used his personal email to avoid Freedom of Information Act requests.
- He faces up to five years in prison and will be sentenced on November 12.
- Dr. Fauci recently appeared before the Senate and invoked his right against self-incrimination in related investigations.
- The origins of Covid-19 remain unclear, with US intelligence agencies having differing views on whether it came from a lab leak or natural sources.
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