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Josie Ensor
,The Telegraph•November 13, 2020
More than 130 Secret Service officers have been infected with coronavirus or quarantining after travelling with President Donald Trump on his campaign trips.
The stricken officers account for 10 per cent of the president’s core security team and their absence was described by one supervisor as “very problematic”.
Mr Trump held a flurry of rallies during the week leading up to the November 3 election. On November 2, he went on a total of five, including in Pennsylvania, North Carolina, Michigan, and two stops in Wisconsin.
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The agency is also examining whether any of the infections instead trace back to the White House, where many Secret Service officers report for duty each day.
It coincided with a growing number of prominent Trump campaign staffers and White House officials falling ill in the wake of campaign events, where many attendees did not wear masks.
Among those who are infected are Mark Meadows, White House Chief of Staff, and outside political advisers Corey Lewandowski and David Bossie.
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It is the second outbreak at the White House in recent weeks. The last one was traced back to a “superspreader” event celebrating the nomination of Supreme Court judge Amy Coney Barret.
Mr Trump tested positive six days later, along with aide Hope Hicks, and Bill Stepien, his campaign manager.
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