Investigative journalist Bob Woodward said former President Donald Trump acted criminally in how he downplayed COVID-19 early in the pandemic.

The Watergate sleuth, who obtained the admission from Trump while reporting for his book Rage, raised the prospect of illegal activity during a newly published interview. Pasadena Star-News columnist Doug McIntyre, who conducted a Distinguished Speaker Series interview with Woodward, asked about the level of Trump’s culpability as it relates to the health crisis, according to a write-up of the exchange.