David Bossie, a top official in President Donald Trump’s reelection effort and the president of Citizens United, has reportedly tested positive for coronavirus.
Bossie has been working alongside Trump campaign manager Bill Stepien and senior advisor Jason Miller as the top officials on Trump’s legal battles over the results of the 2020 election.
Hope Hicks (L) and David Bossie, Trump deputy campaign manager, watch as Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump addresses the final rally of his 2016 presidential campaign at Devos Place in Grand Rapids, Michigan on November 7, 2016. (MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images)
Bloomberg News’ Jennifer Jacobs, who broke the news of Bossie’s test on Monday, noted that Trump himself selected Bossie to oversee the legal effort after White House chief of staff Mark Meadows also tested positive for coronavirus shortly after the election.
BREAKING: Trump outside adviser David Bossie tested positive for coronavirus on Sunday, sources tell me.
— Jennifer Jacobs (@JenniferJJacobs) November 9, 2020
DAVID BOSSIE has been leading Trump’s post-election political and legal battle. The president tapped him for the role last week when his chief of staff, Mark Meadows, fell ill with the coronavirus. Bossie now has the virus also.
— Jennifer Jacobs (@JenniferJJacobs) November 9, 2020
To date, three top Trump world officials — Bossie, Meadows, and Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson — who attended the president’s largely mask-less Election Night victory party at the White House have all tested positive for coronavirus.
Numerous lower level staffers, from both the administration and the campaign have also tested positive in recent days. News reports have referred to the party as a second, coronavirus super spreader event. The first was the nomination ceremony for Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett, which took place in the White House Rose Garden in late September and is believed to be where Trump contracted coronavirus. (RELATED: We Spent Election Night Inside Trump’s White House Extravaganza — Here’s What It Was Like)
Bossie served as Trump’s deputy campaign manager in 2016.
The Trump campaign did not return Daily Caller’s request for comment.
This is a developing story and will be updated with new information as it becomes available.