Former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows writes in his new book that Former President Trump knowingly lied to the Presidential debate commission when he was aware that he was required “to test negative for the virus within seventy two hours of the start time” and “Nothing was going to stop [Trump] from going out there”, per a copy of the book obtained by the Guardian. Trump tested positive for the virus on Sept 26th, 2020, fully three days before the debate, and six days before he announced he had been infected and was admitted to Walter Reed Army Medical Center, though he did also receive a false negative in the intervening days, Meadows writes.