Former National Institutes of Health employee Margaret Moore, accused by Republicans of helping others shield emails from the public, invoked her Fifth Amendment right to avoid self-incrimination at a deposition before the House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic Friday.
Other emails obtained from May 2021 show the NIH general counsel warning the FOIA office "not release anything having to do with EcoHealth Alliance/WIV," with "WIV" referring to the Wuhan Institute.
HOUSE COVID COMMITTEE CALLING FOR CRIMINAL PROBE INTO GAIN-OF-FUNCTION VIRUS RESEARCH IN WUHAN READ THE LETTER SUBMITTED BY MOORE'S LAWYERS TO THE COVID SUBCOMMITTEE — APP USERS, CLICK HERE: Moore worked for NIAID for over three decades and at one point served as a special assistant to Dr. Anthony Fauci.
FAUCI ADVISER'S ALLEGED DESTRUCTION OF COVID ORIGIN DOCS MUST BE PROBED BY AG: RAND PAUL He added, "Her alleged scheme to help NIH officials delete COVID-19 records and use their personal emails to avoid FOIA is appalling and deserves a thorough investigation."
The materials sought by the COVID subcommittee would provide insight into the NIH's relationship with the Wuhan Institute of Virology, commonly believed to have been the origin of the coronavirus in 2019.
"Ms. Moore has cooperated with the Select Subcommittee through counsel to find an alternative to her sitting for an interview, including expediting her own FOIA request for her own documents, which she provided to the Select Subcommittee voluntarily," her legal team wrote.
"Instead of using NIH’s FOIA office to provide the transparency and accountability that the American people deserve, it appears that ‘FOIA Lady’ Margaret Moore assisted efforts to evade federal recordkeeping laws," said Rep. Brad Wenstrup from Ohio, chairman of the subcommittee.
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