Trump adviser said White House employees work in a relatively cramped West Wing for love of country

Kevin Hassett, a senior adviser to President Donald Trump, said Sunday that White House employees were knowingly putting themselves at risk working in the "relatively cramped" West Wing as at least a dozen people with ties to the White House have tested positive for COVID-19.

Hassett, who told CNN's Jake Tapper he had no intention of leaving his job at CNN to return to work at the White House prior to the pandemic, said he knew from the outset there would be risks associated with returning to work for the president when he was asked to do so in March.

"I knew when I was going back in that I would be taking risks — that I would be safer sitting at home in my house than going into a West Wing that — even with all the testing in the world and the best medical team on earth — is a relatively cramped place."

Hassett, who said in March he created a "big data operation" in the White House basement to track the number of available ventilators, said he had early on been exposed to people trafficking in and out of the White House to other government agencies.

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