DOJ Indicts Fauci's Right-Hand Man For Allegedly 'Circumventing' Open Records Requests
Coronavirus,Justice Department,Anthony Fauci,COVID-19 Misinformation,Public Health,FOIA
The Department of Justice indicted a former senior adviser to Dr. Anthony Fauci on Tuesday for allegedly partaking in an unlawful "scheme" to avoid open records requests related to Covid-19 research grants.
"These allegations represent a profound abuse of trust at a time when the American people needed it most — during the height of a global pandemic," Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche said in a statement announcing the charges. "Government officials have a solemn duty to provide honest, well-grounded facts and advice in service of the public interest — not to advance their own personal or ideological agendas."...
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