MORENS: FAUCI ADVISOR PLEADS GUILTY TO CHARGES CONNECTED TO THE CONCEALMENT OF COVID-19 RELATED RECORDS

An indicted former senior adviser to Dr. Anthony Fauci pleaded guilty to a federal conspiracy charge Tuesday stemming from a scheme to conceal government records on coronavirus research grants from investigators probing the origin of the COVID-19 pandemic.  David Morens, a former National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) official, copped to conspiracy to commit offenses and to defraud the United States. He faces up to five years in prison at his sentencing. MORE AT Fauci adviser pleads guilty to charges connected to the concealment of COVID-19-related records