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Fauci Advisor Pleads Guilty in COVID Grant Cover-Up | Charleston News
A former senior advisor to Dr. Fauci has pleaded guilty to conspiring to hide and destroy government records tied to a controversial bat coronavirus research grant, using personal Gmail accounts to shield communications and working with others to downplay the lab leak theory. He admitted to accepting illegal gifts like wine in exchange for influencing NIH funding decisions for EcoHealth Alliance — a group previously barred from federal grants — and now faces up to five years in prison as the FBI continues its probe into how sensitive pandemic-era research was handled. Listen in comfort:Get a…
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