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Former Fauci adviser pleads guilty to conspiracy to conceal Covid-19 records

The Guardian Australia - World · 19 August 2026 at 10:50 pm

Former Fauci adviser pleads guilty to conspiracy to conceal Covid-19 records

David Morens confessed to concealing government documents linked to grant research funding A former adviser to infectious disease expert Anthony Fauci pleaded guilty on Tuesday to conspiring to evade public records laws and conceal government documents related to grant research funding and the Covid-19 pandemic .

David Morens, who had worked under Fauci ‌as a senior official at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases during the pandemic, entered his plea , to a conspiracy charge during a hearing in federal court in Greenbelt, Maryland.

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Former Fauci adviser pleads guilty to conspiracy to conceal Covid-19 records

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