Trump Infection Puts Large Circle of White House Aides at Risk
- Key aides, including Mnuchin and Meadows, test negative
- President traveled to Ohio, Minnesota, New Jersey this week
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President Donald Trump interacted or traveled with a large coterie of top aides and advisers in the days before he was diagnosed with Covid-19, raising the risk of a widespread outbreak within the White House.
The circle of close contacts with the infected president and his wife, Melania, begins with his adviser Hope Hicks, who fell ill on Wednesday night. She traveled with Trump to the presidential debate on Tuesday and to campaign stops in Minnesota on Wednesday.