Dr. David Morens, the former senior advisor to Dr. Anthony Fauci at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), pleaded guilty to conspiracy to defraud the United States government in connection with a scheme to hide and destroy federal records during the COVID-19 pandemic. The 78-year-old former senior advisor to the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) admitted to intentionally using his personal email account to dodge Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests and suppress information about COVID-19 research grants.
