AG Barr Tests Negative for COVID-19

Attorney General William Barr listens during an event in the Indian Treaty Room of the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington, on Aug. 4, 2020. Drew Angerer/Getty Images

Attorney General William Barr tested negative for COVID-19 on Friday, a Justice Department (DOJ) spokesperson told media outlets.

DOJ spokesperson Kerri Kupec told CBS News that the attorney general had tested negative hours after President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump announced that they had tested positive for the virus. A department spokesperson also confirmed Barr’s CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus results to NBC News.