House GOP is probing Fauci aide for using private email to evade COVID origins scrutiny.

The House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic Unveils Troubling Findings

The House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic has made a startling discovery. It has found evidence suggesting that Dr. David Morens, a key subordinate of COVID-19 pandemic response leader Dr. Anthony Fauci, may have engaged in questionable actions to impede the investigation into the origin of the SARS-CoV-2 virus.

A Disturbing Revelation

According to the subcommittee’s findings, Dr. Morens, who has been a senior adviser to the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases at the National Institutes of Health since 1998, used a personal email address and intentionally deleted federal records. These actions were allegedly taken to hinder the investigation into the origins of the virus.

Furthermore, an email from Dr. Morens in September 2021 has surfaced, in which he instructs his colleagues to use his Gmail address instead of his NIH address. He claims that his NIH address is constantly subjected to Freedom of Information Act requests. In the same email, Dr. Morens also suggests that his Gmail account was hacked, possibly by individuals who were critical of the gain-of-function theory. He even goes as far as stating that he would delete anything he doesn’t want to see in the New York Times.

Concerns Raised

These revelations have raised serious concerns about Dr. Morens’s objectivity while serving in the Office of the Director of NIAID, an agency that allocates billions of dollars annually. Rep. Brad Wenstrup (R-OH), the chairman of the subcommittee, expressed his concerns, stating, “These emails raise additional serious concerns about [Morens’s] objectivity while stationed in the Office of the Director of NIAID — an agency that obligates billions of dollars annually.”

Hesitancy and Discrediting

Another email obtained by the subcommittee from July 2021 reveals Dr. Morens’s hesitancy to publicly address the origins of COVID-19, despite being instructed by Dr. Fauci to speak on the record to National Geographic. In this email, Dr. Morens suggests that the government is becoming more lenient, but Dr. Fauci doesn’t want to be associated with any origin stories.

Additionally, the subcommittee’s letter to Dr. Morens highlights three instances in which he discredited other scientists who questioned the narrative on the origins and treatment of COVID-19. Dr. Morens advised officials not to rule out suing these individuals for slander and even compared them to Holocaust deniers.

A Timely Report

These troubling revelations come shortly after the Office of the Director of National Intelligence released a highly anticipated report on the origins of SARS-CoV-2. The report concluded that the lab leak origin hypothesis, suggesting that the virus originated from the Wuhan Institute of Virology, was unlikely. However, it is worth noting that scientists affiliated with the People’s Liberation Army were conducting coronavirus research in the lab.

The press release from the committee on the letter to Dr. Morens states, “Dr. Morens’ troubling emails beg serious questions about his scientific objectivity as a NIAID official, his intentional suppression of differing opinions by encouraging wrongful litigation, and government bureaucrats’ influence over the public narrative of COVID-19 origins. Public health officials are not above the law — especially in times of crisis.”

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