Former NIAID official pleads guilty to hiding records on COVID-19 origins
Turns out someone in the government thought his personal email was a better filing cabinet than the official archives.
So, David Morens, a former bigwig at the NIAID, just admitted in court that he played a game of hide-and-seek with federal records during the pandemic. He wasn't just losing files; he was actively dodging Freedom of Information Act requests by moving sensitive COVID-19 discussions to his private inbox.
The whole thing started because a grant involving the Wuhan Institute of Virology was on the chopping block. Morens and his associates were apparently desperate to keep the money flowing. He claims he was just trying to shield Anthony Fauci from heat and prevent misinformation, but the court saw it as a calculated scheme to defraud the U.S. government. He is now looking at up to five years in the slammer for his efforts.
Transparency is only a policy until things get inconvenient.
Source: Justice Department
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