Caputo, Michael Raymon

Categories/Group affiliations :

ID	Group Name	(Parent Org)	Role
	Trump administration		Assistant secretary of public affairs, HHS
	New York Watchmen		publicist

Additional data from LittleSis.org

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Associates:

File	Photo	Name	Connection	Detail
		North, Oliver	Michael Caputo and Oliver North had a professional relationship	aide
		Yeltsin, Boris	Michael Caputo had a position (Youth vote advisor) at Boris Yeltsin	Youth vote advisor
		Manafort, Paul John Jr	Michael Caputo and Paul Manafort have/had a professional relationship	longtime associate
		Yeltsin, Boris	Michael Caputo and Boris Yeltsin had a professional relationship	adviser

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