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New Jersey governor: Trump fundraiser 'put lives at risk'

with Trump and an indoor "This borders on reckless in Trump during the indoor
roundtable with him that one terms of exposing people." roundtable.
attendee said lasted 45 min- The president attended a Rich said the event involved
utes or more. campaign fundraiser at his about 19 people and lasted
"The actions leading up to Trump National Golf Course perhaps 45 minutes. Roberts
and following this event have on Thursday afternoon after did not return messages Sun-
put lives at risk," Murphy said disclosing that a close aide day seeking comment about
at an afternoon news confer- tested positive for the virus. the video, which was posted
ence. "This is very much a Murphy said the gathering on a local news site, The
race against the clock." may have violated state rules Lakewood Scoop.
Murphy, a Democrat, made on large gatherings during Of the 206 guests at the event,
several television appear- the pandemic. Murphy said, 184 have been
ances Monday, saying state However, White House contacted by health officials
and federal officials were still spokesman Judd Deere said in New Jersey. Many people
working on contact tracing the president didn't have any reacted positively to the out-
(AP) — President Donald level" and said it should have and had reached most of the contact with donors or staff reach, but some questioned
Trump's fundraiser at his been canceled. He said the guests. He urged anyone at that would be considered where the state got their con-
Bedminster golf club hours state is trying to keep tabs the club while the president close, based on the CDC tact information from and
before he announced he had on the 206 attendees and 19 was there to quarantine for guidelines of longer than 15 were "not so positive," said
contracted the coronavirus workers in an effort to thwart two weeks. minutes and within 6 feet. Health Commissioner Judy
was wrong and "put lives at a potential outbreak stem- "If you think you've been But Dr. Rich Roberts, a phar- Persichilli.
risk," New Jersey Gov. Phil ming from the gathering in touch or in the midst of maceutical executive from "We are overwhelmingly in
Murphy said Monday. Thursday. someone who is COVID New Jersey who made a need of more federal sup-
Murphy called the trip the Guests at that event said it positive you've got to take video describing the event, port," Murphy said.
"wrong decision at every included a photo opportunity yourself off the field," he said. said he sat a seat away from

Officer wounded in Breonna Taylor protests out of hospital

(AP) — A police officer dicted on charges of wanton Another officer, Maj. Aubrey
wounded during protests endangerment for firing into Gregory, was treated for a hip
rekindled by the announce- a home next to Taylor's, but wound and released. Gregory
ment that no officers were not on charges involving the returned to work last week.
being charged in the death of Black woman's death. Larynzo D. Johnson, 26, was
Breonna Taylor has been re- Desroches was shot in the charged with two counts of
leased from the hospital. abdomen and underwent assault on a police officer and
Louisville Metro Police Offi- surgery. He was released 14 counts of wanton endan-
cer Robinson Desroches and from the hospital Sunday germent of a police officer.
another officer were shot on "and is currently recovering Johnson has pleaded not
Sept. 23 during protests held with family," Louisville police guilty. His bond was set at $1
after prosecutors announced spokeswoman Alicia Smiley million.
a single officer had been in- told news outlets.

Toomey says he won't run for another Senate term or governor

(AP) — Republican U.S. Sen. years. lentown, Toomey said he will candid about it. is term-limited.
Pat Toomey will not seek re- Toomey's decision will force serve out the final two years "I'm looking forward to more With both offices open in
election in 2022 and plans to Pennsylvania Republicans to of his second term, "and after time back at home," he said. 2022, Democrats have a
leave public service, he con- look elsewhere for candidates that my plan is to go back to Toomey is a stalwart pro- bench of prospects who have
firmed, a surprise move for for both seats in a politically the private sector." ponent of free markets and won statewide races — Lt.
the fiercely anti-tax and anti- divided state where both par- "I always thought that I'd smaller government who Gov. John Fetterman, state
regulation Pennsylvania law- ties have shown they can win probably serve just two terms was staunchly supported in Attorney General Josh Sha-
maker who had been seen as statewide races. and often mentioned that the past by the billionaire in- piro and state Treasurer Joe
the favorite to be the party's At a news conference near along the way," Toomey said dustrialists Charles and Da- Torsella — and a statewide
nominee for governor in two his home in suburban Al- at the news conference at the vid Koch and the Club for voter registration advantage
studios of WVLT-TV, stand- Growth, the take-no-pris- over Republicans.
ing with his wife and three oners free-markets advocacy Republicans are left without
children, the youngest of group Toomey once led. any natural heir or obvious
whom is 10. But Toomey had often ex- front-runner for either gov-
Toomey called his reasons pressed frustration with how ernor or U.S. Senate.
"personal, not political," and the Senate operates and had The last time anything similar
that 18 years in public of- never promised to run for a happened was in 2010, when
fice — including six years in third term. Still, the news of then-Gov. Ed Rendell was
the U.S. House from 1999 his future plans that broke term-limited and then-U.S.
through 2004 — is a long Sunday has reshuffled the Sen. Arlen Specter switched
time and had demanded sac- deck for Republicans looking parties to become a Demo-
rifices from his family. ahead to the two major state- crat in his re-election bid. He
Toomey had long expressed wide races in two years. was beaten in the primary.
an interest in running for As Pennsylvania's only state- The advantage is likely to go
governor, and he drew calls wide elected Republican of- to the party that loses No-
on a daily basis from people ficial outside of the courts, vember's presidential elec-
who he said wanted to help Toomey had been widely tions. In mid-term elections,
him run for governor or for considered the favorite to be the party of the president
re-election to the Senate. the gubernatorial nominee if tends to lose seats in Con-
Once his mind was made up, he wanted it in 2022, when gress.
he said, he felt he should be Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf