Former Fauci Adviser Pleads Guilty in Covid-19 Records Case
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David Morens worked as an adviser for Anthony Fauci. Fauci was a top health official in the United States. Morens helped at a government health group called NIAID.
Morens has said he is guilty of a crime. The crime is called conspiracy. This means he worked with someone else to do something wrong.
He hid emails about Covid-19. People wanted to see these emails for an inquiry. An inquiry is a study to find facts about something.
Morens tried to stop this inquiry. The inquiry wanted to learn about the start of the Covid-19 pandemic. A pandemic is a sickness that spreads in many countries.
Now Morens says he did wrong. He said he is guilty in court. This means judges can now decide his punishment.
Vocabulary15 words
- adviser
- a person who gives help or ideas to someone else
- conspiracy
- when people plan together to do something bad
- guilty
- having done something wrong or against the law
- emails
- messages sent by computer
- inquiry
- a search to learn facts about something
- pandemic
- a sickness that spreads to many countries
- official
- a person who has an important job in government
- hid
- kept something so others cannot see it
- court
- a place where judges decide about crimes
- punishment
- what happens to a person after doing something wrong
- government
- the group of people who run a country
- record
- a paper or file that keeps information
- crime
- an action against the law
- top
- very important; high
- study
- careful work to learn about something
Quiz
Answer key
1. Anthony Fauci 2. He hid emails from an inquiry 3. True
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Play the audio again and fill in the missing words as you listen.
David Morens worked as an _____ for Anthony Fauci.
Fauci was a top health _____ in the United States.
Morens has said he is _____ of a crime.
He hid _____ about Covid-19.
People wanted to see these emails for an _____.
Morens tried to stop this inquiry about the _____.
Now Morens says he did wrong in _____.
Judges can now decide his _____.
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