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DOJ Indicts Fauci Adviser for Concealing COVID Records

4/29/2026

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The U.S. Justice Department indicted Dr. David Morens, senior adviser to Dr. Anthony Fauci, for concealing COVID-19 communications.
Prosecutors say he used an NIH email to bypass records laws and hide grant records.
He faces conspiracy, record destruction/falsification, concealment or mutilation, and aiding and abetting charges.
Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche called conduct an abuse of trust that suppressed origin theories while Morens said he did not evade transparency laws.

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The U.S. Justice Department indicted Dr. David Morens, senior adviser to Dr. Anthony Fauci, for concealing COVID-19 communications.
Prosecutors say he used an NIH email to bypass records laws and hide grant records.
He faces conspiracy, record destruction/falsification, concealment or mutilation, and aiding and abetting charges.
Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche called conduct an abuse of trust that suppressed origin theories while Morens said he did not evade transparency laws.