Trump administration indicts former NIH official over COVID records
The Trump administration has indicted David Morens, a former senior official at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, on charges of evading federal records requests and using personal email for government business during the COVID-19 pandemic. He is accused of conspiring to conceal information and falsify records related to pandemic research grants between 2020 and 2022. Two co-conspirators—a nonprofit and a physician at a grant-receiving institution—were also named in the indictment. The case aligns with broader Republican-led efforts to investigate the origins of COVID-19, including lab leak theories.
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Trump administration indicts former NIH official over COVID recordsSign up now: Get ST's newsletters delivered to your inboxFILE PHOTO: People walk past a COVID-19 testing sign during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, U.S., January 20, 2022. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri/File PhotoPublished Apr 29, 2026, 02:38 AMUpdated Apr 29, 2026, 02:43 AMListenWASHINGTON, April 28 - The Trump administration has indicted a former National Institutes of Health official over allegations of evading federal records requests related to COVID-19 pandemic research grants and the use of personal email for government business.A grand jury in Maryland charged David Morens, a senior official at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)…
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