Ex-Fauci aide indicted for concealing Covid-era records and backing funding moves

Former NIAID adviser David Morens was indicted by Trump-era prosecutors on conspiracy and record-falsification charges for allegedly hiding non-public Covid-era communications using a personal Gmail, coordinating efforts to restore NIH funding to the Wuhan Institute of Virology and push back on the lab-leak narrative; the case underscores alleged back-channel activity during the pandemic and carries penalties of up to 5 years for conspiracy, up to 20 years per falsification, and up to 3 years per concealment.