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The second White House coronavirus outbreak: Mark Meadows, the Secret Service, and more

White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows greets Trump supporters before a rally. Meadows was the first top official to test positive for the coronavirus during the second White House outbreak. | Mark Makela/Getty Images

Mark Meadows and Ben Carson were among the infected, plus an outbreak among the Secret Service.

The US Secret Service, which exists to protect the president and those closest to him, is being hit hard by the coronavirus — possibly from the White House itself.

President Donald Trump had been traveling extensively in the run-up to the election, and everywhere he went, he had Secret Service agents with him. Now, more than 130 of those agents are in quarantine or isolation, either because they tested positive for the virus or were around people who did, the Washington Post reported Friday.

Trump held multiple rallies per day in the weeks