'Fauci is a disaster': Trump denigrates Covid expert in campaign staff call – live

Trump says ‘people are tired of hearing of Fauci and all these idiots’Polls show tight race in Florida as in-person early voting beginsWeekly Covid case average is rising in 48 of the 50 statesSign up for Fight to Vote – our weekly US election newsletter 10.22pm BST A US appeals court has refused to block the release of an April 2016 deposition by Ghislaine Maxwell concerning her relationship with Jeffrey Epstein. The deposition was taken in a civil defamation lawsuit brought by Virginia Giuffre, one of Epstein’s accusers. Giuffre and the Miami Herald had recently pushed to unseal the documents. 10.15pm BST The New Yorker magazine has suspended Jeffrey Toobin while it is investigating a report that the author and commentator exposed himself during a Zoom meeting with staff members of the New Yorker and WNYC radio. Toobin is also stepping away from his job as CNN’s senior legal analyst. In a statement to the Associated Press, the New Yorker said Toobin had been “suspended while we investigate the matter.” It declined further comment. A CNN spokesperson said that “Jeff Toobin has asked for some time off while he deals with a personal issue, which we have granted.” Continue reading... https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2020/oct/19/donald-trump-joe-biden-coronavirus-covid-19-us-election-live-updates #donald_trump #joe_biden #us_elections_2020 #us_news #us_politics #world_news #republicans #democrats #coronavirus