Ex-Fauci adviser pleads guilty to plotting to conceal COVID-19 research records during pandemic
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David Morens pleaded guilty to conspiring to conceal federal records related to COVID-19 research.
A former senior adviser to infectious disease expert Dr. Anthony Fauci pleaded guilty Tuesday to plotting to conceal federal records related to research on the origins of the deadly COVID-19 pandemic.
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Dr. David Morens is scheduled to be sentenced Nov. 12 by U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis in Greenbelt, Maryland.
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Morens pleaded guilty to conspiring to defraud the U.S. government, a felony punishable by a maximum prison sentence of five years.
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David Morens has taken responsibility for what he did, and he will continue to do so.
“By pleading guilty today, Dr. Morens has taken responsibility for what he did, and he will continue to do so," defense attorney Tim Belevetz said in a statement after the plea hearing.
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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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The Justice Department alleges that he concealed or destroyed records of discussions related to COVID-19 research grants, including an effort to revive a controversial coronavirus grant.
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The indictment follows a probe by House Republicans into the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic that scrutinized Morens’ email communications and accused him of intentionally concealing records.
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David Morens denied attempting to evade federal transparency laws by using his personal email.
In congressional testimony, Morens denied attempting to evade federal transparency laws by using his personal email.
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In July, Fauci repeatedly invoked the Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination during a congressional hearing on his handling of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Last Friday, Fauci declined a request to appear voluntarily before a second Senate panel after majority Republicans on the Homeland Security Committee voted along partisan lines to hold him in contempt of Congress.
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Anthony Fauci was not charged in the case against David Morens.
Fauci wasn't charged in the case against Morens, 78, of Chester, Maryland.
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- David Morens denied attempting to evade federal transparency laws by using his personal email.
collides with In a 2021 email, David Morens wrote, “i learned from our foia lady here how to make emails disappear after i am foia’d but before the search starts, so i think we are all safe,” and later added, “Plus i deleted most of those earlier emails after sending them to gmail.” · Former Fauci associate David Morens pleads guilty to conspiracy
- David Morens denied attempting to evade federal transparency laws by using his personal email.
collides with The Department of Justice bringing charges against David Morens caused David Morens to take responsibility for what he did.
- David Morens denied attempting to evade federal transparency laws by using his personal email.
collides with David Morens pleaded guilty to a conspiracy to defraud the United States in relation to efforts to evade FOIA requests. · Former Fauci associate David Morens pleads guilty to conspiracy
- David Morens pleaded guilty to conspiring to conceal federal records related to COVID-19 research.
collides with David Morens pleaded guilty to a conspiracy to defraud the United States in relation to efforts to evade FOIA requests. · Former Fauci associate David Morens pleads guilty to conspiracy
- David Morens pleaded guilty to conspiring to defraud the U.S. government, a felony punishable by a maximum prison sentence of five years.
collides with David Morens pleaded guilty to a conspiracy to defraud the United States in relation to efforts to evade FOIA requests. · Former Fauci associate David Morens pleads guilty to conspiracy
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