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N.J. Officials Say Trump Fundraiser Put Lives At Risk, But Attendees Appear Unworried

President Trump's positive coronavirus test started contact tracing efforts in multiple states. In New Jersey, health officials are reaching out to hundreds of people who attended a fundraiser there.
President Trump departs for Bedminster, N.J., on Thursday from Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland.

President Trump's last public event – a fundraiser at his golf club in New Jersey – has touched off a major contact tracing effort as well as a messy political fight.

State leaders, including New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy, accuse the president of behaving "recklessly" by headlining Thursday's event. The Democratic governor said Monday that

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