Breaking News: A Trump health aide apologized for accusing federal scientists of "sedition" in a Facebook outburst, and is considering a leave of absence.

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Caputo, the assistant secretary of health for public affairs, apologized Tuesday morning to Health Secretary Alex M. Azar II and his staff for a Facebook outburst in which he accused federal scientists working on the pandemic of “sedition” and warned of coming violence from left-wing “hit squads.” [Read the latest](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRhQ5lWP0TXaHR0cDovL3d3dy5ueXRpbWVzLmNvbS8yMDIwLzA5LzE1L3dvcmxkL2NvdmlkLTE5LWNvcm9uYXZpcnVzLmh0bWw_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9NjAmZW1jPWVkaXRfbmFfMjAyMDA5MTUmaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9MCZubD1icmVha2luZy1uZXdzJnJlZj1jdGEmcmVnaV9pZD03NzY3NDk1MiZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTM4MTMyJnVzZXJfaWQ9YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDdXA255dEIKADpWFGFfuGmay1IbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAA)  ADVERTISEMENT ~/AAAAAQA~/RgRhQ5lWP0R4aHR0cHM6Ly9saXZlaW50ZW50Lm5ld3lvcmt0aW1lc2luZm8uY29tL2NsaWNrP3M9NjI2NTkmbGF5b3V0PW5ld3NsZXR0ZXImbT1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkNyZwPU5BXzIwMjAwOTE1VwNueXRCCgA6VhRhX7hpmstSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAA~~ ~/AAAAAQA~/RgRhQ5lWP0SBaHR0cHM6Ly9saXZlaW50ZW50Lm5ld3lvcmt0aW1lc2luZm8uY29tL2NsaWNrP3M9MjI5NyZsYXlvdXQ9bmV3c2xldHRlciZzej0xMTZ4MTUmbT1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkNyZwPU5BXzIwMjAwOTE1VwNueXRCCgA6VhRhX7hpmstSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAA~~ ~/AAAAAQA~/RgRhQ5lWP0SBaHR0cHM6Ly9saXZlaW50ZW50Lm5ld3lvcmt0aW1lc2luZm8uY29tL2NsaWNrP3M9OTYxNDkmbGF5b3V0PW5ld3NsZXR0ZXImc3o9Njl4MTUmbT1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkNyZwPU5BXzIwMjAwOTE1VwNueXRCCgA6VhRhX7hpmstSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAA~~ You received this email because you signed up for NYTimes.com’s Breaking News Alerts. 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