Fauci adviser Dr. David Morens indicted in political witch-hunt Last week, a federal grand jury indictment was unsealed against Dr. David M. Morens, the former senior adviser to National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) Director Anthony Fauci. The Department of Justice (DOJ) alleges that Morens conspired to conceal and falsify federal records related to the COVID pandemic. Specifically, the charges center on his communications with the EcoHealth Alliance and its scientific collaborators during a period of intense political scrutiny over the origins of the virus. Dr. Peter Daszak, the former head of EcoHealth Alliance, and Dr. Gerald Keusch, associate director of the National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratory at Boston University, are identified as co-conspirators, although their names do not actually appear in the indictment. Morens operated at the center of the early pandemic response and origins discussions at the NIAID.…