during the first debate. the language of his statement is interesting. i m trying to pull up the specific language. he says the story of me having covid prior to or during the first debate is fake news. tests reveal that i did not have covid prior to the debate. we were there, you know, covering the white house when this was happening, and there was wide speculation and many questions about when donald trump had been tested before that first debate. we know he got covid and was treated for it after that. i have not seen a copy of the book. i wonder what you make of this as somebody who has covered the ins and outs of this. it s an incredible sort of revelation that mark meadows is putting out there in this book that was obtained by the forward guardian. i was talking to some sources this morning, and there was some rumors that possibly former president trump knew that he was positive for covid before that debate, but did not want to sort of come off as being weak. that was during the