The House Oversight Committee issued a subpoena for the private emails of Anthony Fauci's lead assistant, David Morens, regarding the origins of COVID-19.
from Daszak to Morens dated April 26, 2020, says that Daszak will “communicate with via gmail from now on” about the coronavirus, confirming allegations by congressional Republicans that Morens may have violated federal records statutes at the early stages of the pandemic to avoid government and public scrutiny.
Following investigations by both the subcommittee and the National Archives and Records Administration for potentially destroying government records, Morens was placed on administrative leave from his position at NIAID last fall.as the Senior Advisor to the Director of NIAID in a part-time capacity since 1998 and took on the position full-time in 2022.
According to subcommittee Chairman Brad Wenstrup , Morens “abruptly ceased attempting to reach an agreement with the Select Subcommittee” regarding additional document requests following the transcribed interview.Wenstrup highlighted in a letter accompanying the subpoena that Morens “personally conducted the search of own e-mail inbox” in an attempt to comply with the subcommittee’s request, presenting a clear conflict of interest in the investigation process.
The subpoena also requests that Morens provide the committee with all of his communications to World Health Organization lead scientist
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