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PBS Newshour

Trump says he misled public on virus danger to avoid 'panic'

Season 2020 Episode 266 | 2m 52s

A new political firestorm has engulfed the White House -- this time over what President Trump knew about the pandemic vs. what he said publicly on the topic. The Washington Post’s Bob Woodward reports Trump privately acknowledged the seriousness of the virus in early February in recorded phone calls and later told Woodward that he was intentionally downplaying it to Americans. John Yang reports.

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