- Dr. David Morens, a former senior adviser to Dr. Anthony Fauci, pleaded guilty to conspiring to conceal federal records about COVID-19 origins research and is set to be sentenced Nov. 12 (punishable by up to 5 years).
- Authorities say Morens used a private email to skirt public‑records rules and hid or destroyed discussions, including efforts to revive a controversial coronavirus grant.
- The plea follows a GOP House probe into COVID origins; Fauci wasn’t charged and has invoked the Fifth Amendment in related congressional sessions.
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