Garland, Raimondo test positive for COVID-19

By MICHAEL BALSAMO
Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) — Attorney General Merrick Garland has tested positive for COVID-19 and will quarantine at home for five days. Garland is the second Cabinet official to announce a positive test result on Wednesday. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo also tested positive for the virus using an at-home antigen test. The announcement from the Justice Department comes hours after Garland held a news conference in Washington, standing side-by-side with the deputy attorney general, FBI director and other Justice Department officials. The two officials are among more than a dozen attendees of last Saturday’s Gridiron Club dinner to test positive for the virus in the past few days.