{"id":264893,"date":"2024-05-23T15:40:23","date_gmt":"2024-05-23T19:40:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/z3news.com\/w\/?p=264893"},"modified":"2024-06-07T16:11:36","modified_gmt":"2024-06-07T20:11:36","slug":"wrongdoing-and-illegal-activity-by-dr-faucis-senior-scientific-advisor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/z3news.com\/w\/wrongdoing-and-illegal-activity-by-dr-faucis-senior-scientific-advisor\/","title":{"rendered":"Wrongdoing and Illegal Activity by Dr. Fauci\u2019s Senior Scientific Advisor"},"content":{"rendered":"
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I draw four key conclusions from all of this:<\/p>\n

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  1. NIH is corrupt. Which I knew before, but was not aware how deep that corruption goes.<\/li>\n
  2. It is now well past time for the select committee to begin asking the hard questions regarding what took place with the COVID genetic vaccines.<\/li>\n
  3. David Morens is just gross. This is the type of person that Anthony Fauci chose to surround himself with.<\/li>\n
  4. If you have any remaining confusion at all as to why I have no interest in working in DC, and why I so deeply loathe DC (and HHS) culture, this should help clarify my position.\n
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    Testimony from National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Senior Scientific Advisor David Morens \u2014 a longtime aide to former NIAID Director Anthony Fauci \u2014 only deepened congressional concerns<\/a> about the possibility of concealed or destroyed emails concerning connections between the institute and the Wuhan Institute of Virology.<\/p>\n

    A memo<\/a> and over 150 emails<\/a> released by the House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic Wednesday show that Morens spent considerable time and energy avoiding the Freedom of Information Act \u2014 a law that requires federal agency records\u00a0to be provided to the public on request with limited exceptions.<\/p>\n

    Morens deleted sensitive emails, conducted official business on a private email account, and worked with an NIAID administrator<\/a> in the Freedom of Information Office to strategically misspell keywords that the public might request to be searched, the committee alleges.<\/p>\n

    Morens sought to conceal emails in which he championed his close friend EcoHealth Alliance President Peter Daszak, a scientist who subcontracted NIAID funding to the lab in Wuhan for experiments that made coronaviruses more deadly. Morens said that<\/a> he and Daszak met twenty years ago and were part of the same close knit \u201cfraternity\u201d among emerging infectious diseases experts.<\/p>\n

    The subpoenaed emails make clear that Morens repeatedly advocated for EcoHealth and Daszak from within Fauci\u2019s inner circle \u2014 serving as an intermediary between Daszak and Fauci \u2014 and often using his private Gmail account to shuttle messages.<\/p>\n

    One email released by the committee suggests that Fauci himself may have subverted public records requests through use of a personal email account, bypassing official channels.<\/p>\n

    \u201cI can either send stuff to Tony on his private email or hand it to him at work or at his house,\u201d Morens emailed on April 21, 2021. \u201cHe is too smart to let colleagues send him stuff that could cause trouble.\u201d<\/p>\n

    Other emails show Morens and Daszak strategizing about how to convey information to Fauci without leaving a paper trail.<\/p>\n

    Morens confirmed Wednesday that he discussed grants from NIAID to the Wuhan Institute of Virology with Fauci.<\/p>\n

    \u201cI certainly told him some things that he asked me to tell him about the situation with Peter [Daszak],\u201d Morens said.<\/p>\n

    That statement contradicts a transcribed interview<\/a> Morens gave the committee earlier this year in which he said he did not recall discussing EcoHealth or the Wuhan lab with Fauci.<\/p>\n

    \u201cThe evidence establishes that Dr. Morens likely provided false testimony to the Select Subcommittee,\u201d the committee\u2019s memo states.<\/p>\n

    The committee may recommend that the Department of Justice investigate Morens for making false statements, a crime in violation of Title 18 Section 1001<\/a>.<\/p>\n

    The testimony follows revelations last week<\/a> that Morens stated he would delete any \u201csmoking guns<\/a>\u201d implicating a connection between Daszak\u2019s organization and the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n

    Far from allaying concerns, Morens\u2019 subpoenaed emails and testimony only raised more questions about the culture at the NIAID around transparency and public records requests. Indeed, the emails and testimony suggest NIAID may have systems in place to help employees evade FOIA requests.<\/p>\n

    NIAID did not reply to a request for comment.<\/p>\n

    In addition, Morens wrote an email about the possibility of a \u201ckickback\u201d for helping to restore EcoHealth\u2019s NIAID funding. He wrote profane emails that referred to binge drinking and sex, and made a remark about former Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Rochelle Walensky wearing a skirt, raising concerns about his lack of professionalism and attitudes toward women.<\/p>\n

    \u201cIt is very disturbing to witness this type of behavior from Dr. Fauci\u2019s senior advisor, but the evidence is clear and overwhelming. Dr. Fauci\u2019s NIAID was unfortunately less pristine than so many, including the media, would\u2019ve had us all believe,\u201d said Chair Brad Wenstrup, R-Ohio.<\/p>\n

    In one of the emails obtained by the committee, Morens acknowledges that the reputation of EcoHealth and Daszak affect the reputations of Fauci and former National Institutes of Health Director Francis Collins.<\/p>\n

    \u201cFrom Tony\u2019s numerous recent comments to me, and from what Francis has been vocal about over the past 5 days, they are trying to protect you, which also protects their own reputations,\u201d Morens wrote in October 2021.<\/p>\n

    Morens\u2019s attorneys turned over 30,000 emails to the committee responsive to a subpoena on April 30, just before Daszak testified to the committee on May 1.\u00a0 It remains to be seen whether more emails come to light following the new revelations that Fauci apparently used a private Gmail account and that Morens used a Proton Mail account in addition to his Gmail account.<\/p>\n

    Morens said that the emails about a \u201cback channel,\u201d a \u201ckickback,\u201d and \u201csmoking guns\u201d simply reflected \u201cblack humor.\u201d Morens also expressed regret for how his emails had undermined trust in NIAID.<\/p>\n

    \u201cI\u2019ve already apologized for making snarky and profane comments but I made them thinking that they were made on my private Gmail in a manner that was just between a small group of friends,\u201d Morens said. \u201cIt\u2019s embarrassing to me. I shouldn\u2019t have done it. But I accept that I did it. I don\u2019t know what to say other than I\u2019m sorry.\u201d<\/p>\n

    However Morens gave unclear testimony in response to the question of whether he improperly used his personal email to conduct official business.<\/p>\n

    Rep. Debbie Lesko, R-Ariz., read out six separate emails in which Morens referred to avoiding FOIA. It took over three minutes to read every one.<\/p>\n

    \u201cThis Gmail communication thing was set up purely to deal with personal things that were not government business,\u201d Morens said.<\/p>\n

    \u201cHow can you say that when in all of these emails you said you were intentionally avoiding FOIA? You said it in your own words, sir,\u201d Lesko said.<\/p>\n

    Lesko countered that official emails had been forwarded to his private Gmail, that the emails on his Gmail had his official NIAID position in the email signature.<\/p>\n

    Morens blamed a technical issue.<\/p>\n

    \u201cSir, I\u2019m sorry, but I just don\u2019t believe you,\u201d Lesko replied.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

    \u2018Do I get a kickback???\u2019<\/h2>\n

    When the novel coronavirus emerged from the same city in China with a high security lab specializing in coronaviruses, Daszak\u2019s collaboration with the lab and with University of North Carolina gain-of-function coronavirologist Ralph Baric came under scrutiny \u2014 including from non-virologists like Wenstrup.<\/p>\n

    Morens, Fauci and Daszak all went into action.<\/p>\n

    Fauci met with virologists<\/a> concerned about viral engineering, dispatched another aide<\/a> to investigate any NIAID ties to the research and met with Baric<\/a> to discuss these papers. Daszak organized<\/a> a letter<\/a> in a prestigious scientific journal dismissing lab origin concerns as conspiratorial.<\/p>\n

    For his part, Morens helped Daszak with non-public information when concerns about the Wuhan lab prompted NIH to suspend EcoHealth\u2019s grant. Morens forwarded Daszak an email marked \u201cfor official use only\u201d in April 2020.<\/p>\n

    Morens appears to have helped Daszak navigate around NIH Deputy Director for Extramural Research Michael Lauer\u2019s request for more information<\/a> about the Wuhan lab in 2020 as a condition of the reinstatement of the grant, possibly hampering the U.S. government from accessing more information about the research underway there. Morens even personally edited EcoHealth\u2019s response to Lauer, one email shows. That email too<\/a> contradicts Morens\u2019s transcribed interview earlier this year, perhaps exposing him to criminal penalties.<\/p>\n

    Daszak\u2019s testimony<\/a> earlier this month indicated that he never asked the Wuhan lab for genomic data beyond 2015 or so or for relevant lab notebooks \u2014 instead merely forwarding a request for information from NIH.<\/p>\n

    Morens also alerted Daszak to the forthcoming publication of documents released under FOIA in September 2021.<\/p>\n

    Morens invoked Fauci\u2019s name in an email in which he appealed to an EcoHealth Alliance board member to continue to support the organization upon Daszak\u2019s request.<\/p>\n

    After the grant was reinstated \u2014 despite Daszak\u2019s failure to provide the data and information about the Wuhan lab that NIH requested \u2014 Morens sent an email referring to a \u201ckickback.\u201d<\/p>\n

    \u201cAhem\u2026. Do I get a kickback??? Too much fooking money! DO you deserve it all? Let\u2019s discuss\u2026.\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n

    \u201cOf course there\u2019s a kick-back,\u201d Daszak replied.<\/p>\n

    Morens said the emails were in jest and denied receiving payment or any gifts from EcoHealth or Daszak.<\/p>\n

    Members of the committee of both parties expressed concerns that Morens used official resources and the imprimatur of the NIAID to improperly assist the embattled EcoHealth, and how that could impact NIAID.<\/p>\n

    \u201cI just hope you\u2019re going to be very careful as you are telling us what the facts are because I\u2019m very disturbed about other people who may be thrown under the bus in some of the wiley statements you made on your personal statements,\u201d said Rep. Debbie Dingell, D-Mich., an apparent reference to Fauci and Collins.<\/p>\n

    The Department of Health and Human Services has suspended federal funding both to EcoHealth and to Daszak personally pending an investigation into their handling of taxpayer funds. EcoHealth and Daszak could face debarment of any federal funds for several years.<\/p>\n

    Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., who recently co-launched a bipartisan investigation into biosafety issues at the U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs, called upon<\/a> the DOJ to investigate Morens Wednesday and alleged a criminal conspiracy to conceal records at NIAID.<\/p>\n

    The emails also indicate that Morens played a central role at NIAID in early debates about gain-of-function experiments \u2014 specifically, controversial experiments on highly pathogenic avian flu in 2011 \u2014 and that he privately criticized scientists in favor of stronger biosafety regulations at Rutgers University, Harvard University and Stanford University.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

    Republished from US Right to Know, Reporting by Emily Kopp<\/a><\/p>\n

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    Press Release, House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic<\/p>\n

    New COVID Select Memo Details Allegations of Wrongdoing and Illegal Activity by Dr. Fauci\u2019s Senior Scientific Advisor<\/h4>\n

    WASHINGTON \u2014 Today, the Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic released a staff memorandum titled \u201cAllegations of Wrongdoing and Illegal Activity by Dr. David Morens, Senior Advisor to National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases former-Director, Dr. Anthony Fauci.<\/em>\u201d This memo presents overwhelming evidence from Dr. Morens\u2019s own email that he engaged in serious misconduct and potentially illegal actions while serving as a Senior Advisor to Dr. Fauci during the COVID-19 pandemic. The memo includes previously unreleased email correspondence, obtained by subpoena, that incriminates Dr. Morens in undermining the operations of the U.S. government, unlawfully deleting federal COVID-19 records, using a personal email to avoid the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), and repeatedly acting unbecoming of a federal employee. Further, the memo reveals new emails suggesting Dr. Fauci was aware of Dr. Morens\u2019s nefarious behavior and may have even engaged in federal records violations himself.<\/p>\n

    Read the memo here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

    View all the underlying evidence here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

    Key Memo Findings<\/strong>:<\/p>\n

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    1. Email evidence suggests Dr. Fauci used his personal email to conduct official business. <\/strong>This raises serious questions as to whether Dr. Fauci took part in a conspiracy amongst the highest levels of NIH to hide official records related to the origins of COVID-19.\n
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      1. Dr. Fauci was potentially aware of, and may have engaged in, undermining the operations of the U.S. government by assisting Dr. Morens\u2019s efforts to backchannel internal NIH information to EcoHealth Alliance President Dr. Peter Daszak<\/strong>. In Dr. Morens\u2019s personal emails, he referenced speaking with Dr. Fauci about EcoHealth\u2019s suspended grant and detailed how Dr. Fauci intended to protect Dr. Daszak\n
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      2. The NIH FOIA office allegedly instructed Dr. Morens on how to delete federal records. Then, Dr. Morens admitted to deleting his correspondence with EcoHealth Alliance in an effort to shield himself from public transparency. <\/strong>Dr. Morens explains how he is able \u201cto make emails disappear<\/em>\u201d and \u201clearned the tricks<\/em>\u201d to avoid turning over documents from the head of NIH\u2019s FOIA office.\n
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      3. Dr. Morens routinely instructed others, including EcoHealth Alliance President Dr. Peter Daszak, to correspond with his personal email instead of his NIH email in an effort to avoid FOIA<\/strong>. This new discovery directly contradicts Dr. Morens\u2019s testimony from his transcribed interview\n
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      4. Dr. Morens shared confidential, internal information that had the potential to undermine the operations of the United States government with his \u201cbest-friend\u201d EcoHealth Alliance President and NIH grantee, Dr. Peter Daszak<\/strong>. This action is not only highly concerning, but it is also likely illegal\n
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      5. Dr. Morens also asked Dr. Daszak for monetary reimbursement <\/strong>\u2014 specifically a \u201ckick back\u201d <\/strong>\u2014 for his assistance in editing EcoHealth Alliance\u2019s grant compliance efforts<\/strong>. Again, this action is not only highly concerning, but it is also likely illegal\n
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        Dr. Morens engaged in inappropriate and disrespectful behavior that is unbecoming of a representative of the United States Government.<\/strong> This concerning pattern suggests that Dr. Morens is not qualified to hold a position of public trust<\/p>\n

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        Originally published by\u00a0Robert Malone<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

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        I draw four key conclusions from all of this: NIH is corrupt. Which I knew before, but was not aware how deep that corruption goes. It is now well past time for the select committee to begin asking the hard questions regarding what took place with the COVID genetic vaccines. David Morens is just gross. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1169,"featured_media":247289,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"sfsi_plus_gutenberg_text_before_share":"","sfsi_plus_gutenberg_show_text_before_share":"","sfsi_plus_gutenberg_icon_type":"","sfsi_plus_gutenberg_icon_alignemt":"","sfsi_plus_gutenburg_max_per_row":"","_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":"","_ppma_block_editor_authors":""},"categories":[200,439],"tags":[],"ppma_author":[1082],"class_list":["post-264893","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pestilences","category-national-institute-of-health-nih","entry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t