Fauci Aide Charged in Covid Records Cover-Up

0:00On April 29th, a former top-8 to Anthony Fauci just got hit with federal charges for hiding records tied to the early days of COVID. David Morons, a 78-year-old ex-senior advisor at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, or NIAID, faces accusations. From the Justice Department of using his personal Gmail to dodge public records requests during the pandemic, this all stems from a research grant NIAID gave out, which funneled money to China's Wuhan Institute of Aurology through a sub-award. Officials later yanked the grant over worries that COVID might have leaked from the lab, but Morons and others allegedly worked behind the scenes too. Get the funding back and push back against the lab leak theory. The debate over COVID's origins has been supercharged politically, especially under Trump, with Republicans blasting Fauci for downplaying lab leak. Ideas while pushing masks and vaccines, Trump allies have long-targeted Fauci circle, and now these charges drop right in the middle of that firestorm.

1:03Prosecutors say Morons swapped non-public info via personal email, drafted letters to sway funding calls, and even schemed on bribes like wine, deliveries for his shenanigans, and invites to fancy meals in Paris, New York, and D.C. They claim he wrote a journal piece pushing natural origins to earn one gift. Morons is looking at serious time if convicted, up to 20 years per count of falsifying records, plus conspiracy and concealment charges. With the pandemic origins fight still raging, this indictment could shake up more revelations down the line.