- Former NIAID adviser Dr. David Morens pleaded guilty to conspiring to conceal federal records about COVID-19 origins and faces sentencing on Nov. 12 (the charge is a felony with up to five years).
- Prosecutors say he used a private email to dodge public‑records rules and allegedly hid or destroyed messages about research grants, including efforts to revive a controversial coronavirus grant.
- The plea follows a Republican probe and heavy congressional scrutiny of COVID‑19 origins; Dr. Anthony Fauci hasn’t been charged in the case.
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