{"id":17201,"date":"2026-08-19T21:47:44","date_gmt":"2026-08-19T13:47:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/?p=17201"},"modified":"2026-08-19T21:47:48","modified_gmt":"2026-08-19T13:47:48","slug":"former-fauci-associate-david-morens-pleads-guilty-to-conspiracy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/?p=17201","title":{"rendered":"Former Fauci associate David Morens pleads guilty to conspiracy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"444\" height=\"299\" src=\"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/132.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17202\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/132.png 444w, https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/132-300x202.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 444px) 100vw, 444px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dr. David Morens, former senior adviser at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and once an associate to Dr. Anthony Fauci,pleaded guilty Thursday to a conspiracy to defraud the U.S. in relation to efforts to evade Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Department of Justice (DOJ) announced the guilty plea Tuesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In April, the DOJ brought charges against Morens, 78, alleging conspiracy against the U.S., and he was indicted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic had uncovered evidence in 2024 that Morens had used his personal email, outside the scope of FOIA requests, to discuss National Institutes of Health grants with the infectious disease group EcoHealth Alliance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In communications released by the House committee, Morens wrote to EcoHealth President Peter Daszak, \u201cI can either send stuff to Tony on his private gmail, or hand it to him at work or at his house. He is too smart to let colleagues send him stuff that could cause trouble.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a 2021 email, Morens wrote, \u201ci learned from our foia lady here how to make emails disappear after i am foia\u2019d but before the search starts, so i think we are all safe,\u201d Morens wrote in a separate email. \u201cPlus i deleted most of those earlier emails after sending them to gmail.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He faces up to five years in prison for conspiracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When reached for comment, Morens\u2019s attorney Tim Belevetz told The Hill, \u201cBy pleading guilty today, Dr. Morens has taken responsibility for what he did, and he will continue to do so.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In his own 2024 House hearing, Fauci distanced himself from Morens, questioning whether the former colleague even reported directly to him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWith respect to his recent testimony before this subcommittee, I knew nothing of Dr. Morens\u2019s actions regarding Dr. Daszak, EcoHealth or his emails. It is important to point out for the record that despite his title, and even though he was helpful to me in writing scientific papers, Dr. Morens was not an advisor to me on [NIAID] policy, or other substantive issues,\u201d Fauci said at the time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.), who once accused Fauci of throwing Morens \u201cto the wolves,\u201d reacted to the plea on the social platform X, writing, \u201cCould his plea involve implicating Anthony Fauci?\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dr. David Morens, former senior adviser at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and once an associate to Dr. Anthony Fauci,pleaded guilty Thursday to a conspiracy to defraud the U.S. in relation to efforts to evade Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests. The Department of Justice (DOJ) announced the guilty plea Tuesday. 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