Former Fauci adviser indicted for attempting to avoid FOIA laws

The Justice Department (DOJ) on Tuesday announced the indictment of David Morens, a former senior adviser to Dr. Anthony Fauci within the National Institutes of Health, for his alleged scheme to keep public records away from Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests .

The DOJ said in a press release that Morens was being charged with “conspiracy against the United States; destruction, alteration, or falsification of records in federal investigations; concealment, removal, or mutilation of records; and aiding and abetting.”

In 2024, the House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic released evidence of Morens using his personal email, outside the scope of FOIA requests, to discuss NIH grants with the infectious disease group EcoHealth Alliance.

“These allegations represent a profound abuse of trust at a time when the American people needed it most — during the height of a global pandemic,” Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche said in a statement.

“As alleged in the indictment, Dr. Morens and his co-conspirators deliberately concealed information and falsified records in an effort to suppress alternative theories regarding the origins of COVID-19,” he added.........

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