Sen Rand Paul calls probe on Dr Anthony Fauci for 'unlawfully' destroying Covid-19 origin records

WASHINGTON, DC: Junior United States Senator Rand Paul has urged the Justice Department to investigate whether a top advisor to Dr Anthony Fauci improperly concealed, and perhaps even destroyed documents pertaining to the origins of the Covid-19 pandemic.

The Kentucky Republican is formally calling for an investigation into accusations of improper concealment and destruction of Covid-19 origin records by Dr David Morens in a letter addressed to Attorney General Merrick Garland on Wednesday, May 22, Fox News reports.

Dr David Morens might have violated federal law

The letter, citing emails obtained by the House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic, presents "significant evidence" suggesting Morens may have violated federal law by hiding and erasing records related to the origins of Covid-19 to avoid leaks through Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests.

"Moreover, newly revealed emails suggest a broader conspiracy within the NIH FOIA office to assist Dr. Morens in unlawfully destroying records and evading public records laws," Paul wrote. However, Fauci, on his part, has always refuted theories suggesting a lab leak as the origin of the Covid-19 pandemic.

"These emails provide strong evidence that Dr. Morens violated federal law by concealing and destroying federal records. It is imperative that your Department investigate the allegations against Dr. Morens and, if substantiated, ensure that he is held accountable to the fullest extent of the law," the letter continued.

Possible motive behind Dr David Morens' allegedly deleted emails

Paul's letter comes as emails recently released between Morens and the president of EcoHealth Alliance, a non-governmental organization funded to conduct coronavirus research in Wuhan, China, were investigated by House lawmakers last week.

NIH Principal Deputy Director Lawrence Tabak testified on Thursday that Morens allegedly deleted emails to thwart the House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic's investigation into the origins of Covid-19. 

During the hearing, Tabak informed Republican House Oversight Chairman James Comer that Morens purportedly breached NIH policy by deleting emails after public records requests.

"Dr. David Morens, a senior advisor to Fauci for decades, wrote in an email to Dr. Daszak, ‘I learned from our FOIA lady here how to make emails disappear after I am FOIA’d, but before the search starts. So I think we are all safe. Plus I deleted most of those earlier emails after sending them to Gmail.’ Is that consistent with NIH document retention policies?" Comer asked Tabak, to which he responded that it was not.

He also later wrote Dr Daszak, ‘We are all smart enough to know to never have smoking guns and if we did, we wouldn’t put them in emails. And if we found them, we would delete them,'" Comer said. "Finally, emails show that Dr. Morens would share internal questions about upcoming FOIA releases with Dr. Daszak. He would then help Dr. Daszak craft responses to documents being released in these FOIAs."

Dr David Morens' other emails

In other emails, Morens expressed concern over what was sent to his work email and what was sent to his personal email, informing those on the email chain that they did not need to worry and that he would "delete anything" he wouldn't want to get public.

"As you know, I try to always communicate on gmail because my NIH email is FOIA’d constantly," Morens wrote in a September 2021 email, which was sent at the time to many scientists involved in the debate over the origins of COVID. "Stuff sent to my gmail gets to my phone … but not my NIH computer."

"Don’t worry, just send to any of my addresses, and I will delete anything I don’t want to see in the New York Times," he added in the email.

Internet furious over Dr Anthony Fauci's Covid-19 'Coverup'

Netizens asked for the arrest of Dr Fauci immediately after the new development came to light. One X user wrote, "Coverup after coverup," while another tweeted, "Hopefully 2015 will see Faucci in an orange jumpsuit." "Lock him up," echoed one user and another lashed out at Dr Fauci, saying, "It’s a War Crime. He killed 19 Million people." 

"Fauci needs to be sanctioned all his asserts taken away at least. He is worse than any drug dealer Mob boss. Heck he makes Capone look like a sweet heart," opined one user.

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