Former Fauci adviser pleads guilty to defrauding U.S. by hiding emails amid records requests

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Former Fauci adviser pleads guilty to defrauding U.S. by hiding emails amid records requests
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David Morens, a former top adviser to Anthony Fauci, pleaded guilty to conspiring to defraud the United States by diverting government emails to a private account to dodge public records requests and probe uncertainties about the coronavirus origins; Fauci was not charged, Morens faces up to five years in prison at a November sentencing, and the case centers on his ties to EcoHealth Alliance and its president Peter Daszak.

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