# Ex-Fauci adviser pleads guilty to plotting to conceal COVID-19 research records during pandemic *Canonical page:* https://truthscore.com/source/643cdce1 *Machine twins:* https://truthscore.com/source/643cdce1.md · JSON at https://truthscore.com/api/v1 Publisher: KCRA · published 2026-08-19 · read 2026-09-09 Original: https://www.kcra.com/article/former-fauci-adviser-david-morens-guilty/73474738 *A source is testimony, not proof. The document itself is never republished here.* ## Who is named (7) - [Anthony Fauci](https://truthscore.com/entity/0434b95b) - [House Republicans](https://truthscore.com/entity/2be55b03) - [David Morens](https://truthscore.com/entity/95315516) - [Homeland Security Committee](https://truthscore.com/entity/a30c4b1d) - [Paula Xinis](https://truthscore.com/entity/aa8ad2fe) - [National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases](https://truthscore.com/entity/af4cc51d) - [Greenbelt, Maryland](https://truthscore.com/entity/f610a6fa) ## What it added - [David Morens pleaded guilty to conspiring to conceal federal records related to COVID-19 research.](https://truthscore.com/claim/6c497a09) > 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. - [David Morens is scheduled to be sentenced on Nov. 12 by U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis in Greenbelt, Maryland.](https://truthscore.com/claim/7010759b) > Dr. David Morens is scheduled to be sentenced Nov. 12 by U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis in Greenbelt, Maryland. - [David Morens pleaded guilty to conspiring to defraud the U.S. government, a felony punishable by a maximum prison sentence of five years.](https://truthscore.com/claim/b1d6d7d2) > Morens pleaded guilty to conspiring to defraud the U.S. government, a felony punishable by a maximum prison sentence of five years. - [David Morens has taken responsibility for what he did, and he will continue to do so.](https://truthscore.com/claim/61bcd506) > “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. - [David Morens used his private email account to intentionally circumvent public records laws while employed at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious…](https://truthscore.com/claim/1c50d739) > 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. - [David Morens concealed or destroyed records of discussions related to COVID-19 research grants, including an effort to revive a controversial coronavirus grant.](https://truthscore.com/claim/abd4ddff) > 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. - [A probe by House Republicans scrutinized David Morens’ email communications and accused him of intentionally concealing records.](https://truthscore.com/claim/4a230398) > 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. - [David Morens denied attempting to evade federal transparency laws by using his personal email.](https://truthscore.com/claim/492d9675) > In congressional testimony, Morens denied attempting to evade federal transparency laws by using his personal email. - [Anthony Fauci repeatedly invoked the Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination during a congressional hearing on his handling of the COVID-19 pandemic.](https://truthscore.com/claim/6b64a76e) > In July, Fauci repeatedly invoked the Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination during a congressional hearing on his handling of the COVID-19 pandemic. - [Anthony Fauci declined a request to appear voluntarily before a second Senate panel after majority Republicans on the Homeland Security Committee voted along…](https://truthscore.com/claim/41209cff) > 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. - [Anthony Fauci was not charged in the case against David Morens.](https://truthscore.com/claim/0b11a2c1) > Fauci wasn't charged in the case against Morens, 78, of Chester, Maryland. ## Where it collides - [David Morens denied attempting to evade federal transparency laws by using his personal email.](https://truthscore.com/claim/492d9675) — 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…](https://truthscore.com/claim/326cf772) ([Former Fauci associate David Morens pleads guilty to conspiracy](https://truthscore.com/source/c0b0b1d1)) - [David Morens denied attempting to evade federal transparency laws by using his personal email.](https://truthscore.com/claim/492d9675) — collides with [The Department of Justice bringing charges against David Morens caused David Morens to take responsibility for what he did.](https://truthscore.com/claim/3c2c0b19) - [David Morens denied attempting to evade federal transparency laws by using his personal email.](https://truthscore.com/claim/492d9675) — collides with [David Morens pleaded guilty to a conspiracy to defraud the United States in relation to efforts to evade FOIA requests.](https://truthscore.com/claim/3c2cde2e) ([Former Fauci associate David Morens pleads guilty to conspiracy](https://truthscore.com/source/c0b0b1d1)) - [David Morens pleaded guilty to conspiring to conceal federal records related to COVID-19 research.](https://truthscore.com/claim/6c497a09) — collides with [David Morens pleaded guilty to a conspiracy to defraud the United States in relation to efforts to evade FOIA requests.](https://truthscore.com/claim/3c2cde2e) ([Former Fauci associate David Morens pleads guilty to conspiracy](https://truthscore.com/source/c0b0b1d1)) - [David Morens pleaded guilty to conspiring to defraud the U.S. government, a felony punishable by a maximum prison sentence of five years.](https://truthscore.com/claim/b1d6d7d2) — collides with [David Morens pleaded guilty to a conspiracy to defraud the United States in relation to efforts to evade FOIA requests.](https://truthscore.com/claim/3c2cde2e) ([Former Fauci associate David Morens pleads guilty to conspiracy](https://truthscore.com/source/c0b0b1d1)) ## What it cost Reading this document into the graph cost $0.01.