'Conspired to hide COVID records…': Fauci’s ex-aide David Morens indicted over pandemic misconduct

The U.S. Justice Department has indicted David M. Morens, a longtime advisor to Anthony Fauci, over alleged misconduct during the COVID-19 pandemic. Prosecutors say Morens used private email accounts to conceal sensitive discussions, potentially evading federal transparency laws and Freedom of Information Act requests. According to the indictment, the communications involved COVID-19 research, internal debates about the virus’s origins, and links to a controversial grant connected to the Wuhan Institute of Virology.