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Debarred from federal funding for five years; not charged in this indictment

A federal grand jury indicted Dr. David Morens, the longest-serving senior adviser to Anthony Fauci at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, on five counts including conspiracy against the United States and destruction of federal records. Morens, 78, allegedly used a personal Gmail account to route official COVID-19 business outside the reach of the Freedom of Information Act and accepted gifts from a research collaborator whose grants he later helped restore.

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