๐ฅ๐จ BREAKING โ Former senior NIAID official and advisor to Dr. Fauci, David Morens, pleaded guilty to conspiracy for deliberately using his personal Gmail account to hide federal records related to COVID-19 research grants and evade FOIA requests.
Morens admitted he and others worked to restore a terminated bat-coronavirus grant linked to the Wuhan Institute of Virology and to counter the lab-leak narrative.
He also acknowledged receiving wine as an illegal gratuity tied to writing a commentary favoring natural origins.
He faces up to five years in prison.