Fauci Adviser Secretly Messaged Zoologist Who Funneled Money to Chinese Lab: Emails

Dr. David Morens used his personal email, newly obtained messages show, after saying he wanted to skirt federal transparency law.

Peter Daszak speaks to media upon arriving at the Wuhan Institute of Virology in China's central Hubei province, on Feb. 3, 2021. Hector Retamal/AFP via Getty Images

A top adviser to Dr. Anthony Fauci secretly messaged a zoologist who funneled money from Dr. Fauci’s agency to a laboratory in the Chinese city where the first COVID-19 cases appeared, according to newly disclosed emails.

Dr. David Morens, the adviser, sent at least four messages to Peter Daszak, the zoologist, the emails show. Images of the email headers were obtained and released by the U.S. House of Representatives Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic.