Former President Donald Trump's chief of staff slammed reports that his forthcoming book reveals Trump attended a presidential debate shortly after testing positive for COVID-19 as "fake news."
Mark Meadows, who served as chief of staff at the end of Trump's presidency, said media reports about Trump's positive coronavirus test three days before the Sept. 29, 2020, presidential debate were misleading, concurring with Trump's Wednesday statement that the story was "fake news."
"Well, the president's right. It's fake news," Meadows told Newsmax Wednesday. "If you actually read the book, the context of it, that story outlined a false positive. He literally had a test, he had two other tests after that showed he didn't have COVID during the debate, and yet the way that the media wants to spin it is certainly to be as negative about Donald Trump as they possibly can while giving Joe Biden a pass."
Trump vehemently denied he tested positive for COVID-19 before the 2020 presidential debate, despite claims reportedly outlined in Meadows's book, The Chief's Chief, suggesting he tested both positive and negative before the debate.
"The story of me having COVID prior to, or during, the first debate is Fake News," Trump said Wednesday. "In fact, a test revealed that I did not have COVID prior to the debate."
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