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Scientist Behind Wuhan Bat Research Thanked Fauci Aide for Helping Shut Down Lab-Leak Theory
Peter Daszak, who as president of EcoHealth Alliance directed government funding to the Wuhan Institute of Virology, thanked a former Fauci aide in newly-released emails for helping shut down public speculation over the possibility that Covid-19 emerged from a lab.
David Morens, a former senior adviser at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, pleaded guilty on Tuesday to hiding federal records from Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Investigators obtained emails between Daszak and Morens in which Daszak mentioned sending bottles of wine to Morens and thanked him for his “behind the scenes shenanigans.” The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Maryland said that Morens and his co-conspirators had pledged to help “counter the narrative that Covid-19 leaked from a lab”.
EcoHealth, a New York-based non-governmental organization, was awarded millions of dollars in grants from the NIH, including funds that were subgranted to the Wuhan Institute of Virology in China to study bat coronaviruses. The lab-leak theory of Covid’s origins, which Dr. Anthony Fauci and other federal officials tried to publicly dismiss, suggests the virus emerged from the Wuhan institute.
Morens, in messages on his private Gmail account, promised to help Daszak win back grant funding for his bat coronavirus experiments in China. The experiments were suspended in April 2020 in response to fears that the controversial research could have caused the pandemic. Emails show Morens agreeing to write a “scientific commentary” in June 2020 underlining the importance of Daszak’s work, though he said he would keep the EcoHealth Alliance president’s name out of the article to mislead readers into believing it was independent. Prosecutors say Morens and Daszak had “concealed their communications” so they could publish papers and articles without directly mentioning Daszak, “to generate the appearance of disinterested scientific consensus.”
Morens told Daszak that he was working “behind the scenes” to help him.
“My boxing gloves are on and laced up,” he said in one message.
In another, he added: “Let’s win this anti-science battle, get you refunded… then settle the scores and kick some ass.”
In response, Daszak apparently sent two bottles of The Prisoner Red Napa Valley wine to Morens in the weeks that followed, alongside a note that said, “This is the first of what I hope will be a continued series of expressions of gratitude for your advice, support and behind the scenes shenanigans in my battle against your bosses boss, his boss and the ultimate boss on the hill (referring to Donald Trump).”
Morens later published an article, “The Origin of Covid-19 and why it matters,” arguing that Covid-19 was born out of “natural” spillover from animals. He suggested Daszak’s research is actually important to preventing another pandemic.
The federal government formally debarred EcoHealth Alliance and Daszak last year, prohibiting them from receiving taxpayer funding for five years after a months long investigation found taxpayer money had been used to fund the group’s gain-of-function research.
Throughout several of the emails, Morens laments the possibility of FOIA requests revealing his private communications, and brags about his ability to obscure his communications.
In June 2020, he said FOIA requests were “dreadful and paranoia inducing.”
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’d delete them,” he added.
He said that he could “make emails disappear after I am FOIA’d.”
He agreed to a deal with federal prosecutors this week that would see him plead guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit offenses or to defraud the United States. The charge carries up to five years in prison.
Morens’s attorney, Tim Belevetz, told several media outlets, “By pleading guilty today, Dr. Morens has taken responsibility for what he did and will continue to do so.”
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California clan that swindled $18M from COVID cash inspires Senate bill to crack down on ‘fraudster families’
WASHINGTON — They’re a shady bunch.
A California family that swindled $18 million in COVID-19 relief cash to splurge on various trappings — including a Harley-Davidson, diamonds and luxury homes — inspired a Senate crackdown on so-called “fraudster families.”
Two of the family members, Richard Ayvazyan and his wife, Marietta Terabelian, cut off their ankle bracelets and ditched their three children via a goodbye note to flee the US after being convicted on fraud charges, before being caught in Montenegro.
Years later, the saga inspired Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), who has led the Senate DOGE Caucus, to push for legislation cutting off so-called “fraud families” from government aid.
The No Cash for Cohabitating Kins of Crooks Act bars individuals who live with convicted criminals or fraudsters cut off from federal grants, loans, subawards, or reimbursements from getting that money.
The legislation includes a carve-out for spouses who live separately from someone or survivors of domestic abuse.
“Committing fraud is literally all relative for these families of felons,” Ernst told The Post. “My latest investigation found schemes sprouting from family trees across the country, with kin teaming up to rip off taxpayers to the tune of $50 million.”
The retiring Hawkeye State Republican highlighted 15 “fraudster families” she dubbed a “shady bunch” in her Squeal Award for August, which she hands out monthly to spotlight government waste, fraud and abuse.
At the top of the list was the California family.
Ayvazyan and Terabelian were later caught in Montenegro and are now serving out a 17-year and a six-year prison sentence, respectively.
The couple had teamed up with former Los Angeles-area real estate broker Tamara Dadyan — Ayvazyan’s sister-in-law — and her husband Artur Ayvazyan on the scheme.
Using stolen identities from foreign exchange students as well as elderly and dead people, they swindled $18 million in COVID-19 relief funding before being caught and convicted in 2021.
A presiding judge had slammed Ayvazyan, the ringleader, as a “cold-hearted fraudster” who “views fraud as an achievement” during sentencing.
Ernst also cited a family conviction in the infamous $250 million Feeding Our Future Fraud Scheme in Minnesota, in which Gandi Yusuf Mohamed and five family members swindled over $10 million from the Federal Child Nutrition Program.
That money had been intended to feed 5 million needy children. One of the Mohamed family members had an infamous meeting with Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison, which drew scrutiny from congressional Republicans.
Another case cited was the Edwards family, who were living in Florida when they concocted a bogus family ministry to seek $6 million from the Small Business Administration’s Paycheck Protection Program during the pandemic.
An elderly, supposedly dementia-stricken accountant allegedly greenlit the family’s request but gave some $8.4 million, as the Edwards claimed to have over 500 employees. Most of the family got away without being charged, including the father, Evan, a pastor who was deemed incompetent to stand trial.
The son, Josh, was sentenced to four years and three months behind bars earlier this year.
The retiring senator also highlighted a case of four “grifting grandmothers” — all of whom are sisters — who snatched some $11.5 million from the Department of Agriculture by furnishing some 200 false claims for farm aid.
They splurged on six-figure homes, fancy cars, and more. But the feds later determined the grandma thieves “in most cases, had not even attempted to farm.” They were then hit with some 115 fraud counts.
Ernst’s list also included a Washington state family that feigned caregiver roles to take $1.1 million from the Veterans Affairs Administration. The fraud revolved around Kelly Lee-Carroll, who claimed she was partially paralyzed and couldn’t walk. She had her sister and son serve as caretakers.
Ultimately, she was sentenced to 17 months and her son to 14 months for the scheme.
The senator’s list totals $50 million in stolen money by “fraudster families.” Her No Cash for Cohabitating Kins of Crooks Act is the latest piece of legislation she’s unveiled to target government waste, fraud, and abuse.
“Their next scam-ily reunion will be in the slammer,” Ernst further chided.
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