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SOURCE: https://www.politico.com/news/2020/09/15/michael-caputo-apology-hhs-staff-415206
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By ADAM CANCRYN, DAN DIAMOND and SARAH OWERMOHLE09/15/2020 12:59 PM EDTUpdated: 09/15/2020 02:43 PM EDTLink CopiedThe health department's top spokesperson Michael Caputo called an emergency staff meeting on Tuesday to apologize for drawing negative attention to the Trump administration's health care strategy and signaled that he might be soon departing his role, according to five people with knowledge of the meeting.The departure of Caputo, who has closely controlled the health agencies' dissemination of information about coronavirus, would be a blow to the Trump administration's efforts to promote a possible vaccine, if one is approved in the fall.AdvertisementCaputo told staffers that his series of false accusations on Facebook Live this weekend — which included unfounded allegations that the Centers for Disease Control was harboring a “resistance unit” — reflected poorly on HHS’ communications office. On Tuesday, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer issued a call for Azar's ouster as well, accusing him of allowing political appointees to interfere with the department's public health work being "almost entirely silent about the chaos and mismanagement in his own agency."Caputo joined HHS as its top communications official earlier this year, in a White House-backed attempt to exert greater control over the health department’s messaging.

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