Senators Claim Long-Time Fauci Adviser Violated Ban on Using Personal Email for Official NIH Business

Surgeon General Vivek Murthy speaks during the United States Conference of Mayors 91st Winter Meeting in Washington on Jan. 18, 2023. Drew Angerer/Getty Images

Five Republican senators led by Kansas’ Roger Marshall want U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy to investigate a key adviser to Dr. Anthony Fauci for using his personal email to conduct official National Institutes of Health (NIH) business concerning the Coronavirus and in violation of long-standing federal laws and policies.

In a July 17 letter, Mr. Marshall cited a Sept. 9, 2021, message sent on U.S. Public Health Service (USPHS) Captain David Morens’s personal email and addressed to “Peter and colleagues“ as evidence that he ”deliberately avoided compliance with federal laws by using his personal email to conduct official government business.”