HHS says spokesman will take a two-month 'leave of absence' following apology for conspiracy-laden rant

 https://edition.cnn.com/2020/09/16/politics/michael-caputo-hhs-cdc/index.html

 Michael Caputo, the top spokesman at the Department of Health and Human Services, is taking a two-month leave of absence from his post, the department announced Wednesday, a day after he apologized for a conspiracy theory-laden rant he made against career government scientists in which he accused them of "sedition" and working to undermine President Donald Trump.