David Morens, a senior advisor to former NIAID Director Dr. Anthony Fauci, is under scrutiny for allegedly deleting emails and using a personal email account to evade public records laws. Morens appeared before the House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic to address accusations that he obstructed the investigation into the origins of COVID-19. He admitted to editing communications related to EcoHealth Alliance and expressed regret for his actions, which he described as 'snarky jokes.' Senator Rand Paul has called for a criminal investigation by Attorney General Merrick Garland, citing potential violations of federal law. GOP lawmakers are considering recommending criminal charges against Morens, who has been accused of protecting Fauci by destroying records. The controversy has intensified with the release of emails suggesting that Fauci and former NIH Director Francis Collins were involved in efforts to protect EcoHealth Alliance President Peter Daszak.
“Republican lawmakers accuse Morens of deleting emails and using his personal email account to skirt Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests.” https://t.co/2lf9Y684lk
One..statement in Moren's emails that I want to focus on is an October, 2021 email that he sent to EHA president Peter Daszak, asserting that Tony Fauci (NIAID Director) and Francis Collins (NIH Director) were trying to 'protect' Daszak in order to 'protect' themselves" https://t.co/FrQtEeeN2c https://t.co/vPmMJpIXih
Emails uncovered by House Republicans from the senior adviser to former NIAID Director Dr. Anthony Fauci may implicate him in knowledge of the destruction of government documents related to the origins of COVID-19. https://t.co/SbQAdn4rFQ
Fox News: Top NIH adviser deleted COVID emails https://t.co/cv9HXrkzmh
"Morens...encouraged colleagues to evade federal records requirements, claiming that shifting sensitive covid conversations to personal email and deleting messages would protect his…boss Anthony S. Fauci…from…scrutiny." https://t.co/BrfTRfgXWl
Fauci’s email-hiding accomplice says he’s ‘ashamed’ in tense testimony before Congress https://t.co/eZ9KyRaquB
Richard Ebright: "'More important, the series of email messages read by Reps. Debbie Lesko and Rich McCormick…strongly suggest that Morens committed these crimes on behalf of, and with the knowledge, approval, and participation of his supervisor, former NIAID Director Fauci.'" https://t.co/BD7AI2TroN https://t.co/TOAMPuLwBm
Fauci’s top advisor may have illegally evaded records requests, experts say https://t.co/bz9k9BMpv7
'You’re Going To Be Haunted By Your Testimony': Bipartisan Lawmakers Grill Top Fauci Aid Over FOIA Evasion https://t.co/VWRUiOfNyh
Fauci's Top Advisor May Have Illegally Evaded Records Requests, Experts Say https://t.co/9nBVpD3oOa
Today's conspiracy theories are *sometimes* tomorrow's Pulitzer... "Morens deleted sensitive emails, conducted official business on a private email account, and worked with an NIAID administrator in the Freedom of Information Office to strategically misspell keywords that the… https://t.co/c933RfVbV8
"One email released by the committee suggests…Fauci himself…subverted public records requests…'I can either send stuff to Tony [Fauci] on his private email or hand it to him at work or at his house…He is too smart to let colleagues send him stuff that could cause trouble.'" https://t.co/0Pdv5lVjJ5
"Testimony from…David Morens—a longtime aide to…Fauci—only deepened congressional concerns about the possibility of concealed or destroyed emails concerning connections between the institute and the Wuhan Institute of Virology." https://t.co/4vE2xxPCKO https://t.co/ugyD0r8sBh
Story: Emails and testimony from former Fauci aide David Morens trigger concerns about a criminal conspiracy at NIAID. Feels crazy to be typing those words! But it is a straightforward description of what is going on. https://t.co/PEmAXtv1Dz https://t.co/62vBseNOmg https://t.co/u6lnXJytgP
New documents acquired by the Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic show a senior member of Dr. Anthony Fauci’s staff bragged about avoiding public record laws. https://t.co/HC5BQ58pWG
'I WAS JOKING': Former top adviser to Dr. Fauci, who bragged about knowing how to make emails "disappear," had few real answers. What to know about the contentious congressional showdown: https://t.co/kCHPOjDwal https://t.co/ApNi2B2PQW
"Emails uncovered by House Republicans from the senior adviser to former NIAID Director Dr. Anthony Fauci may implicate him in knowledge of the destruction of government documents related to the origins of COVID-19." https://t.co/4JliBir6e2
Ex-Fauci top adviser offers apologies and excuses after COVID email revelations https://t.co/q5RnQyz6db
Fauci under fire after new COVID emails released https://t.co/DXtsrIhIxp https://t.co/sZr5yrb9gT
Sen. Rand Paul Wants to Prosecute Anthony Fauci's 'Fixer' https://t.co/VCXiFZ4t6G
A brand new trove of emails from Fauci’s top advisor today revealed the lengths that top executives in NIH and NIAID went to to protect themselves, including some very damning contradictions from Fauci himself https://t.co/n0sycJyb33
Ex-Fauci top advisor offers apologies and excuses after COVID email revelations https://t.co/MjvwYBH8U6
Fauci's right-hand man dumbfounded over deleted Wuhan COVID lab emails and 'disgusting' comments made towards women https://t.co/SeUCy8BXy0 https://t.co/6xk8LgQYCT
Dr. Fauci’s top advisor, Dr. David Morens, couldn’t stop deleting emails. Who was advising him? Hillary Clinton?? https://t.co/ztCnbJ8fR7
David Morens admitted that he edited a Peter Daszak EcoHealth Alliance letter to the NIH; he also admitted that he edited an EcoHealth Alliance press release; he also just admitted sending a letter to the EcoHealth Alliance board for Peter Daszak. Why has Morens not been fired? https://t.co/WsdkzK6iVy
Paul cites emails obtained by the House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic that he said reveal "significant evidence" of potential violations of federal law by Dr. Morens. https://t.co/jQ9sQ6poHJ
Dr. David Morens testifies on allegations he erased emails related to the origins of COVID-19. Dr. Morens apologizes for his behavior and comments in some emails: "All of this stuff was a bunch of snarky jokes." @RepMalliotakis: "I don't think any of us think it's a funny joke." https://t.co/3Hu2uWO6KS
In a letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland, the senator called for a thorough investigation into allegations that Dr. David Morens may have hidden and erased records concerning the pandemic’s origins. https://t.co/jQ9sQ6pWxh
It's a felony to destroy records. It's a felony to destroy evidence. Without question, Morens has admitted in his emails that he was destroying evidence. David Morens is Anthony Fauci's Michael Cohen, he's the fixer. https://t.co/vq9P1XoxPy
Sen. Rand Paul is urging the Department of Justice to investigate a senior adviser to Dr. Anthony Fauci who is accused of improperly concealing or destroying documents related to the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic. https://t.co/LI6QvUejcm
Sen. @RandPaul called on Merrick Garland to open a criminal investigation into the alleged use of private emails for government business by David Morens. https://t.co/lX4F4xbKwO
GOP lawmakers are considering recommending criminal charges against former National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Director Anthony Fauci's senior adviser. Read more: https://t.co/zWRtXnMlvP https://t.co/f2zkqDhwtO
Fauci adviser's alleged destruction of COVID origin docs must be probed by AG: Rand Paul https://t.co/NPHRIfi6Jf
COVER-UP: @JudicialWatch Sues for Official Emails of Key Fauci Advisor on Non-Government Email Account - https://t.co/AKcXFWM4DE
Link to today's hearing with David Morens, NIAID senior advisor whose personal emails relating to #OriginOfCovid and EcoHealth Alliance have recently been subpoenaed by @COVIDSelect https://t.co/t1Pa1VScc2
David Morens appears before Congress today. I'm still not sure why he has not resigned from the NIH. https://t.co/e7PDEceI05
Fmr Fauci advisor David Morens appears before Hse Cmte today on pandemic origins. He’s been accused of "deliberately obstructing the Select Subcommittee’s investigation into the origins of COVID-19 to protect Dr. Fauci.”
Malliotakis on COVID hrng with Fauci associate Morens tomorrow: He was trying to hide his communications with EcoHealth from the public. And he was using a personal email to do that and then deleted a lot of emails and records. So there's a lot that has been going on there and we…
Fauci adviser who bragged about deleting ‘smoking gun’ emails to be grilled by COVID panel https://t.co/pKtASpqeKM https://t.co/2DrhWQcHXT