Former NIAID adviser pleads guilty in COVID-19 records scheme
David Morens, 78, agreed to plead guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit offenses and to defraud the United States.

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.
David Morens, 78, agreed to plead guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit offenses and to defraud the United States.
David Morens pleaded guilty to conspiring to evade FOIA requests tied to COVID-19 research grants, using his personal Gmail to hide NIH communications.
Dr. Anthony Fauci’s former senior adviser pleaded guilty to fraud charges for concealing evidence from the public that may relate to the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to federal court documents. Dr. David Morens, a longtime science adviser to the 43-year director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, pleaded guilty to […]
David Morens, a former National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) official, pled guilty to conspiracy to commit offenses and to defraud the United States. He faces up to five years in prison at his sentencing.