{"id":1422406,"date":"2022-04-06T17:29:45","date_gmt":"2022-04-06T21:29:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1422406"},"modified":"2022-04-06T17:29:48","modified_gmt":"2022-04-06T21:29:48","slug":"attorney-general-merrick-garland-tests-positive-for-covid-19-following-meeting-with-fbi-director","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/attorney-general-merrick-garland-tests-positive-for-covid-19-following-meeting-with-fbi-director\/","title":{"rendered":"Attorney General Merrick Garland Tests Positive For COVID-19 Following Meeting With FBI Director"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fattorney-general-merrick-garland-tests-positive-for-covid-19-following-meeting-with-fbi-director%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1422406&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2022\/04\/Untitled-design-22-copy-7.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.3.0\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p>President Joe Biden\u2019s Attorney General Merrick Garland tested positive for COVID-19 on Wednesday, according to a statement from the Justice Department.<\/p>\n<p>Garland tested positive following an antigen test and has shown no symptoms, the statement noted.<\/p>\n<p>The attorney general has been vaccinated for the coronavirus and has received a booster shot. Garland took a COVID-19 test after being notified that he may have been exposed to the coronavirus.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAttorney General Garland this afternoon tested positive for COVID-19 through antigen tests. He asked to be tested after learning that he may have been exposed to the virus. At the time, he is not experiencing symptoms. The Attorney General is fully vaccinated and boosted,\u201d the statement <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/opa\/pr\/statement-attorney-general-merrick-b-garland-1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">read<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn accordance with CDC guidelines, the Attorney General will isolate at home for at least five days. He will work virtually during this period and will return to the office following a negative test for the virus. The department will conduct contact tracing in accordance with CDC protocols,\u201d it added.<\/p>\n<p>News of the positive test was released hours after Garland met for a press conference with FBI Director Chris Wray and other law enforcement officials in Washington, D.C.<\/p>\n<p>Wray announced \u201cnew and recent enforcement actions to disrupt and prosecute criminal Russian activity\u201d during the event.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">At a press conference this morning, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FBI?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#FBI<\/a> Director Christopher Wray announced new and recent enforcement actions to disrupt and prosecute criminal Russian activity. Read his full remarks, as delivered, at <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/nRasAWM0sT\">https:\/\/t.co\/nRasAWM0sT<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/crOtwGZP8R\">pic.twitter.com\/crOtwGZP8R<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 FBI (@FBI) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FBI\/status\/1511755033666273283?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 6, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Garland is one of multiple political leaders to test positive for COVID-19 following attendance at a Saturday Gridiron Club dinner in Washington.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCommerce Secretary Gina Raimondo, Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., and Rep. Joaquin Castro, D-Texas, all attended Saturday\u2019s event and have all tested positive for COVID-19 this week,\u201d ABC News <a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/Politics\/attorney-general-merrick-garland-tests-positive-covid-19\/story?id=83915687\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>More than 600 guests reportedly attended the event, according to the Washington Post. In addition to political leaders testing positive for the virus, multiple journalists have reported positive tests since the event, though proof of vaccination was reportedly required to attend.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-body\" data-qa=\"article-body\">\n<p class=\"font-copy font--article-body gray-darkest ma-0 pb-md\" data-qa=\"drop-cap-letter\" data-el=\"text\">\u201cIn addition, about a half-dozen journalists as well as members of the White House and National Security Council staffs said they tested positive after the event. Their names are being withheld because they have not announced their status publicly,\u201d the Washington Post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/media\/2022\/04\/06\/gridiron-dinner-covid-coronavirus-outbreak-superspreader\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">revealed<\/a> on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSeveral White House aides who tested positive did so after traveling to Poland last week with President Biden and before the Gridiron dinner. White House press secretary Jen Psaki \u2014 who attended the Gridiron dinner \u2014 reiterated Wednesday that all White House employees who come in proximity to Biden are regularly tested,\u201d the report added.<\/p>\n<p>President Joe Biden appeared at the event via video but did not attend the event in person.<\/p>\n<p>Both Dr. Anthony Fauci and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Rochelle Walensky also attended the event.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest growing conservative media companies for breaking news, investigative reporting, sports, podcasts, in-depth analysis, books, and entertainment for a reason: because we believe in what we do. We believe in our country, in the value of truth and the freedom to speak it, and in the right to challenge tyranny wherever we see it. Believe the same?\u00a0<a class=\"in-cell-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Become a member now and join our mission.<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Joe Biden\u2019s Attorney General Merrick Garland tested positive for COVID-19 on Wednesday, according to a statement from the Justice Department.Garland tested positive following an antigen test and has shown<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":325,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1422406","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1422406","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/325"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1422406"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1422406\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1422406"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1422406"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1422406"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}