President Donald Trump arrives at Morristown Municipal Airport to attend a fundraiser at Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, Thursday, Oct. 1, 2020, in Morristown, N.J. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)TRENTON, N.J. – President Donald Trump's fundraiser at his Bedminster golf club hours before he announced he had contracted the coronavirus was wrong and “put lives at risk,” New Jersey Gov.
Guests at that event said it included a photo opportunity with Trump and an indoor roundtable with him that one attendee said lasted 45 minutes or more.
“The actions leading up to and following this event have put lives at risk,” Murphy said at an afternoon news conference.
But Dr. Rich Roberts, a pharmaceutical executive from New Jersey who made a video describing the event, said he sat a seat away from Trump during the indoor roundtable.
Hopefully, we’ll get through it.”Of the 206 guests at the event, Murphy said, 184 have been contacted by health officials in New Jersey.