A senior figure on the White House coronavirus task force insisted that no one was lying to the public, after President Trump retweeted accusations that government scientists were distributing untruths.

Adm. Brett Giroir made his remarks after the president shared comments made by Chuck Woolery, known as the host of TV’s Love Connection, that accused experts at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention of “lying.”

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