Former Fauci Aide Charged With Conspiring to Destroy Records

Former Fauci Aide Charged With Conspiring to Destroy Records

  • April 28, 2026

Zachary Stieber, The Epoch Times

A former government official has been charged with illegally conspiring to destroy records, the Department of Justice announced on April 28.

A grand jury indicted Dr. David Morens, who was a senior adviser to Dr. Anthony Fauci from 2006 through 2022, when Fauci was head of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. The institute is part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

Morens, 78, conspired with others to destroy and conceal records from Freedom of Information Act requests, including an individual who was not identified by name but matches Peter Daszak, who helped funnel government money to the high-level laboratory in the Chinese city where COVID-19 first appeared, according to the indictment, which was unsealed on April 27.

A watchdog organization called Protect the Public’s Trust filed a complaint in 2024 with the government regarding Morens’s conduct.

“The conduct alleged in this indictment represent egregious violations of the public’s trust in its government, which is why we filed a complaint when the information first came out,” Michael Chamberlain, director of the group, told The Epoch Times in an email on April 28.

“This behavior clearly violates the standards all public servants should adhere to and denies the American people their right to know what their government is doing. We hope this is the beginning of efforts to address the misconduct that appeared to be so rampant among public health officials during the pandemic.”

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