SCOOP with @dlippman: White House installing Trump loyalist MICHAEL CAPUTO as health comms chief amid frustration with ALEX AZAR. https://www.politico.com/news/2020/04/15/michael-caputo-azar-hhs-189046">https://www.politico.com/news/2020...

Caputo - author of “The Ukraine Hoax” - confirmed the move to POLITICO.

As recently as this morning, Caputo was battling with reporters and weighing in on coronavirus in tweets deleted just a few minutes ago.

The White House has grown angry at Azar over battles with SEEMA VERMA et al, and what they believe are Azar efforts to shape Covid-19 narrative.

(Although author of this Daily Beast piece said she didn’t talk to Azar and came up with idea on her own.) https://twitter.com/ddiamond/status/1250445136540110848?s=21">https://twitter.com/ddiamond/... https://twitter.com/ddiamond/status/1250445136540110848">https://twitter.com/ddiamond/...

The secretary tweets → https://twitter.com/secazar/status/1250572014445907969?s=21">https://twitter.com/secazar/s... https://twitter.com/secazar/status/1250572014445907969">https://twitter.com/secazar/s...

We’ve updated our story with additional details:

— BRAD TRAVERSE, lobbyist who runs popular job site, is set to be Caputo’s deputy

— Caputo worked as recently as last month as registered foreign agent for Somalia government, @theodoricmeyer reports https://www.politico.com/news/2020/04/15/michael-caputo-azar-hhs-189046">https://www.politico.com/news/2020...