Former President Trump has denied the claim in his former chief of staff Mark Meadows’ new book that he tested positive for COVID-19 hours before his first presidential debate with Joe Biden in 2020.

“The story of me having COVID prior to, or during, the first debate is Fake News. In fact, a test revealed that I did not have COVID prior to the debate,” wrote the former president Wednesday.

In an excerpt from Meadows’ book “The Chief’s Chief,” the former Trump administration adviser writes that Trump initially tested positive for the virus on September 26 – three days prior to the debate – and the same day that the White House held a ceremony for Amy Coney Barrett celebrating her nomination to the Supreme Court.