NEW YORK (WCBS 880) -- President Donald Trump was in New Jersey for a fundraiser hours before he and first lady Melania Trump tested positive for COVID-19.
The president attended a fundraiser at his golf club in Bedminster on Thursday afternoon before returning to the White House.
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The White House said the president flew into Morristown Airport at 2:07 p.m., went to Bedminster in his Marine One helicopter, attended the fundraiser, and then flew out of New Jersey back to Washington at 4:40 p.m.
Early Friday morning, the president announced he and the first lady had tested positive for COVID-19.
The president spoke with supporters from a distance, but had also posed for pictures with some attendees. It's not clear how many people the president interacted with, but there is the fear of exposure.
New York Times White House correspondent Maggie Haberman reports an attendee said the president appeared lethargic at the fundraiser.
Comedian Joe Piscopo and Republican U.S. Senate candidate Rik Mehta both told The Associated Press that Trump seemed completely normal, and eve "energetic' at the fundraiser."
In a statement, New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy and First Lady Tammy Murphy said they're sending their best wishes to the president and his wife on a "speedy and complete return to good health."
They encourage attendees to take full precautions.
"The contact-tracing process is underway. We urge everyone who attended yesterday's event in Bedminster to take full precautions, including self-quarantining and getting tested," the statement read.
Approximately 100 people attended the event, where masks were not required.
Dr. Daniel Varga, chief physician executive at Hackensack Meridian Health, thinks that was a mistake.
"There's just no question that for acute viral illnesses like COVID-19 that wearing masks helps decrease the amount of spread. I sure as heck would've been wearing a mask," Varga said.
The Washington Post reports the president did not wear a mask at the event or on Air Force One.
The president attended the fundraiser a day after his senior adviser Hope Hicks began showing symptoms, according to the Associated Press.
Hicks was isolated from other passengers after experiencing mild symptoms on a flight home from a rally in Minnesota, a source told the AP. Earlier, she had been aboard Marine One and Air Force One with the president and other staffers en route to that rally. She had also accompanied Trump to the first presidential debate in Ohio on Tuesday.
CBS News has learned that Hicks boarded Air Force One after testing negative for COVID-19 Wednesday morning, but later developed symptoms and received a second test, which came back positive. It's not clear when the result came back.
According to the New York Times, Trump had fewer aides with him during his trip to New Jersey and some who’d been around Hicks this week had masks on.
White House officials said Friday evening that Trump will spend a few days at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center out of precaution.