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White House Disavows Attack On Fauci By Trump Trade Adviser

Trade adviser Peter Navarro's USA Today opinion piece says the infectious disease expert has been wrong about coronavirus. A White House official says Navarro "went rogue."
White House trade adviser Peter Navarro, who has no medical training, has been publicly critical of top immunologist Dr. Anthony Fauci.

The White House on Wednesday disavowed an overt attack on the government's top infectious disease expert, Dr. Anthony Fauci, from one of President Trump's senior advisers on trade and China, Peter Navarro.

Navarro foron Tuesday in which he argued that

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