Trump Adviser Hope Hicks Tests Positive For COVID-19 Tyler Durden Thu, 10/01/2020 - 20:26
Update (2030ET): The White House isn't confirming or denying the Hicks story, though it did release one cryptic comment.
WH not confirming the @JenniferJJacobs report on Hope Hicks testing positive for COVID, but issues this statement: “The President takes the health and safety of himself and everyone who works in support of him and the American people very seriously....”
— Eamon Javers (@EamonJavers) October 2, 2020
... “WH Operations collaborates with the Physician to the President and the WH Military Office to ensure all plans and procedures incorporate current CDC guidance and best practices for limiting COVID-19 exposure to the greatest extent possible”
— Eamon Javers (@EamonJavers) October 2, 2020
Jacobs reports Hicks is experiencing symptoms of the disease and was in close proximity to the President and mask-less this week. No comment yet from the WH on the exposure risk to POTUS.
— Eamon Javers (@EamonJavers) October 2, 2020
That's definitely not a "no".
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Former White House Communications chief-turned-senior adviser Hope Hicks has tested positive for the coronavirus, reviving fears about President Trump, VP Mike Pence and other senior staffers being exposed, Bloomberg reports.
Though the anonymous sources who spilled the beans to Bloomberg insisted there was no evidence that Trump was exposed, Hicks did ride with Trump aboard Air Force One to the debate in Cleveland on Tuesday. She also traveled with Trump to his rally in Minnesota on Wednesday.
Other senior staff have contracted the virus and recovered, including National Security Adviser Robert O’Brien, though few spend as much time with the president as Hicks, who - according to BBG's sources - is already experiencing symptoms of COVID-19, though they offered no insight into the nature of the symptoms.
During the time she spent away from the White House, Hicks served as the head of comms at Fox News, a frequent venue for Trump's interviews and scoops. She initially left the White House in March 2018, after testifying that she sometimes told 'white lies' on Trump's behalf, before returning last year.
Hicks was reportedly seen on Tuesday riding maskless in a staff van with White House senior adviser Stephen Miller, campaign adviser Jason Miller and others, which means that they were likely exposed to the virus, though it's no guarantee. The staffers will likely be tested, as all of the senior aides to Trump reportedly are regularly screened for COVID-19.
Does this mean Trump will need to quarantine for 14 days? That, of course, would require him to miss the next debate.
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