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Senior legal affairs reporter for @POLITICO with a focus on democracy, law and the balance of power in government. Tips: kcheney@politico.com NY ➡️ BOS ➡️ DC

Oct 3, 2020, 7 tweets

Turmp's doctor repeatedly declines to say whether Trump required supplemental oxygen prior to today.

He also won't say what Trump's fever was. Says he'd "rather not" provide specifics.

Dr. Conley also won't get into Trump's testing history or when his last negative test was.

Dr. Conley says for the 5th/6th time that Trump is not on supplemental oxygen "right now" but keeps refusing to answer questions about whether Trump was on supplemental oxygen before today.

That press conference with the president's doctor just raised more questions than answers. Not the degree of clarity Republican and Democratic lawmakers have been demanding.

For example, there's now mass confusion about when Trump was first diagnosed with Covid and who else he might have interacted with in that window.

WH pool reporter now gets better info from anonymous source than from Trump’s doctor — makes clear Trump is not out of the woods. The mixed messages are having the opposite effect this press conference was supposed to.

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