A former aide to Dr. Anthony Fauci pleaded guilty on Aug. 18 to conspiring to destroy public records, after emails he sent included talking about having deleted missives.
Dr. David Morens, a onetime senior adviser to the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases—which Fauci led for decades until late 2022—pleaded guilty to the conspiracy charge in exchange for prosecutors dropping four other charges, according to the signed plea agreement.
Morens admitted to conspiring with others to “hid[e] from public view various federal records related to this significant historical event” during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a joint court filing….