Former Fauci adviser pleads guilty in US to conspiring to conceal COVID records

Aug 18 (Reuters) – 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.

He faces up to five years in prison when he is sentenced on November ‌12.

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Source: https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/former-fauci-adviser-pleads-guilty-us-conspiring-conceal-covid-19-records-2026-08-19/?fbclid=IwY2xjawT62mFwZG9mAWV4dG4DYWVtAjExAHNydGMGYXBwX2lkEDIyMjAzOTE3ODgyMDA4OTIAAR4bWOMufvcwvWKQmcj0HvXMWVgV-QRMpt0BTUNmoFOmQ9c9USALEGoXu8eAsA_aem_j3CHFs0esEQA6la7UVf2lQ