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For some high-dollar Trump donors, Bedminster hobnobbing now means COVID tests
Kayleigh McEnany and Jared Kushner were stopped from attending, sources say.
By Olivia Rubin, Matthew Mosk, Katherine Faulders, and Miles Cohen
October 4, 2020, 6:02 AM
• 6 min read
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About 100 guests attended the event with some donating $50,000 to snap photos with the president on Thursday and roughly 20 sat with him at an hour-long roundtable discussion. Several said the president's diagnosis and hospitalization have been both bewildering and frightening. Four people at the club that day told ABC News they are quarantining or getting tests.
"I stayed 6 feet away from the president at all times as well, but out of an abundance of caution have quarantined myself until I can be tested," said Daniel Hux, who attended the fundraiser, said in a statement to ABC News.
Campaign officials and a number of those who attended continue to maintain that Trump kept a safe buffer between himself and the guests, who spent as much as $250,000 to attend the exclusive fundraiser with the president. Several of those interviewed by ABC News said they never saw anyone within 6 feet of the president -- even those who waited on line to enter the Bedminster club house to pose for photos with him. "When that photo was taken, all the event staff were wearing masks, all the campaign staff were wearing masks, Secret Service was wearing masks," said Charlie Kolean, who plans to get tested on Sunday. "And I've been [self-quarantining] in a responsible manner," he added.
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Those who attended the gathering at Bedminster and spoke with reporters said they saw no indication that the president was sick. Several, like Hermes, said they remained unfazed by the possibility that Trump could have exposed people at the event. "I don't know about all that," she said when asked about the timeline of the diagnosis. "He looked awesome, he was smiling, he was happy."
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https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/high-dollar-trump-donors-bedminster-hob-knobbing-now/story?id=73409992
Kayleigh McEnany and Jared Kushner were stopped from attending, sources say.
By Olivia Rubin, Matthew Mosk, Katherine Faulders, and Miles Cohen
October 4, 2020, 6:02 AM
• 6 min read
[snip]
About 100 guests attended the event with some donating $50,000 to snap photos with the president on Thursday and roughly 20 sat with him at an hour-long roundtable discussion. Several said the president's diagnosis and hospitalization have been both bewildering and frightening. Four people at the club that day told ABC News they are quarantining or getting tests.
"I stayed 6 feet away from the president at all times as well, but out of an abundance of caution have quarantined myself until I can be tested," said Daniel Hux, who attended the fundraiser, said in a statement to ABC News.
Campaign officials and a number of those who attended continue to maintain that Trump kept a safe buffer between himself and the guests, who spent as much as $250,000 to attend the exclusive fundraiser with the president. Several of those interviewed by ABC News said they never saw anyone within 6 feet of the president -- even those who waited on line to enter the Bedminster club house to pose for photos with him. "When that photo was taken, all the event staff were wearing masks, all the campaign staff were wearing masks, Secret Service was wearing masks," said Charlie Kolean, who plans to get tested on Sunday. "And I've been [self-quarantining] in a responsible manner," he added.
[snip]
Those who attended the gathering at Bedminster and spoke with reporters said they saw no indication that the president was sick. Several, like Hermes, said they remained unfazed by the possibility that Trump could have exposed people at the event. "I don't know about all that," she said when asked about the timeline of the diagnosis. "He looked awesome, he was smiling, he was happy."
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https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/high-dollar-trump-donors-bedminster-hob-knobbing-now/story?id=73409992
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