Ex-Fauci Adviser Pleads Guilty to Plotting to Conceal COVID-19 Research Records During Pandemic
Morens admitted using personal email to hide COVID-19 records and taking wine and meals as gratuities, with prosecutors dropping four other counts.
- On Tuesday, former National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases senior adviser David Morens pleaded guilty to conspiracy charges for concealing federal records related to the COVID-19 pandemic from public view.
- Morens admitted to conspiring with EcoHealth Alliance president Peter Daszak to bypass public records laws by using personal Gmail accounts to share nonpublic information about COVID-19 origins instead of official NIH channels.
- Court documents reveal Morens received two bottles of wine from Daszak in June 2020 for his "behind-the-scenes shenanigans," while directing co-conspirators to keep messages off government phones and email servers.
- U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis scheduled sentencing for November 12, while former NIAID director Anthony Fauci distanced himself from Morens' actions in 2024, stating Morens was not an adviser on policy matters.
- Separately, the Senate Homeland Security committee voted earlier this month to hold Fauci in contempt of Congress, recommending the Justice Department prosecute him over his handling of pandemic-era research grants.
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The COVID-19 origin cover-up is no longer in dispute
On Wednesday, David Morens, a former senior adviser at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, pleaded guilty to conspiring to conceal federal records related to the COVID-19 pandemic. He faces up to five years in prison. “By pleading guilty today,” his attorney Tim Belevetz said, “Dr. Morens has taken responsibility for what he did and will continue to do so.” The guilty plea puts to rest the notion that public health officia…
Dr. David Morens, former advisor to Dr. Anthony S. Fauci at the National Institutes of Health, pleaded guilty on Tuesday to conspiring to conceal federal records related to the origins of the coronavirus outbreak in China. This petition comes at a time when Dr. Fauci is facing increasing pressure from Republican legislators due to allegations that he attempted to cover up the fact that Covid had leaked from a laboratory in China. Dr. Fauci, long…
Ex-Fauci adviser pleads guilty to plotting to conceal COVID-19 research records during pandemic - The Boston Globe
Dr. David Morens is accused of using his private email account to intentionally circumvent public records laws while employed at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.
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