Hope Hicks, one of President Trump's closest advisers, has tested positive for COVID-19, people with knowledge of the matter told Bloomberg News.
Hicks traveled on Air Force One with Trump on Tuesday for the presidential debate in Cleveland, and again on Wednesday for a rally in Minnesota. Hicks was also spotted on Tuesday in a van with several people, including Trump adviser Stephen Miller and campaign adviser Jason Miller, not wearing a mask. Several people told Bloomberg News Hicks began to feel ill in Minnesota, and was quarantined on Air Force One during the flight back to Washington. She tested positive for the virus on Thursday.
Hicks worked for Trump's daughter, Ivanka Trump, before serving as a press aide for his 2016 campaign and later the White House communications director. She left in 2018 but returned to the White House in February to serve as a counselor to Trump and an aide to Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kushner.
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