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Reuters: Citing new book, Biden accuses Trump of betraying Americans on coronavirus

Published Sept. 10, 2020. Updated Sept. 10 at 3:20 am

Democratic presidential candidate and former Vice President Joe Biden speaks at a "Build Back Better" Clean Energy event on July 14, 2020 at the Chase Center in Wilmington, Delaware.

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Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden accused President Donald Trump on Wednesday of betraying the American people, saying he knowingly lied about the deadliness of the novel coronavirus in what amounted to a “dereliction” of his duty.