Fauci Aide Indicted for COVID Records Cover-Up

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David Morens, a top Fauci aide, was indicted for conspiracy and destruction of federal records — charges rooted in his own bragging emails about dodging FOIA and deleting sensitive COVID-19 documents. This wasn't a witch hunt; Morens admitted under oath to deleting "a lot" of emails. Accountability for hiding pandemic origins information from the American public is long overdue.

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Morens' email conduct was reckless and embarrassing, but the broader investigation has been driven by a political agenda to pin COVID-19's origins on NIH and NIAID without direct evidence. Both Democrats and Republicans condemned his FOIA evasion, yet Democrats on the panel noted no proof exists linking EcoHealth's research to the pandemic's emergence. Punishing scientists this aggressively chills the exact research needed to prevent future outbreaks.

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