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Trump Campaign Adviser Corey Lewandowski Gets COVID-19 After White House Superspreader Event

HeadlineNov 13, 2020

President Trump’s senior campaign adviser Corey Lewandowski has tested positive for coronavirus, becoming the latest member of Trump’s inner circle to become infected after an election night superspreader event in the East Room of the White House.

Republican National Committee Chief of Staff Richard Walters has also tested positive. He was not at the election night White House event.

Alaska Republican Don Young, Congress’s oldest member at 87, announced on Thursday he has COVID-19. And 37-year-old Iowa Republican Congressmember-elect Ashley Hinson also reported a positive coronavirus test.

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