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Morens public hearing — FOIA back-channel scrutiny

House panel examined emails showing senior advisor David Morens discussing private email use to evade FOIA. Fauci had disavowed knowledge of a secret back channel in related testimony.

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Hearing with NIAID Senior Scientific Advisor Dr. David Morens, Select Subcommittee (Serial No. 118–112, GPO)
Tier 1 · transcript · Official May 22 2024 transcript; FOIA-evasion and 'secret back channel' exchanges
Wenstrup Opens Hearing with Dr. Fauci's Senior Advisor (Select Subcommittee release)
Tier 2 · other · May 22 2024 release with staff memo on Morens FOIA evasion
At the NIH, a Scandal Grows Around an Official's Evasion of Public Records Law (The Nation)
Tier 3 · news · May 30 2024 account of the hearing and deletion emails

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Records and transparency

Morens indicted April 2026 for records violations. Diary notes released July 2026 from government servers.