"He's working with us and will be working with us on the coronavirus," Trump said. Now Atlas will serve as an adviser to the President who works out of the Executive Office Building next door to the White House. (The White House declined to say whether Atlas was receiving a taxpayer-funded salary.) Two officials voiced concern that Trump brought Atlas in several months into the pandemic to diminish the voices of medical experts he disagrees with. This week Atlas has already attended two briefings, though he hasn't been given a speaking role.

Source: CNN August 12, 2020 15:27 UTC