Whether you want to believe that Reince Priebus was fired, or resigned on his own on Thursday night, this story adds more intrigue. Turns out Anthony Scaramucci had a diagram of news outlets he thought Priebus had leaked to. Anthony Scaramucci’s planned to confront Reince Priebus about his suspected leaks and just like that, Priebus is toast.
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In that Post story, “a White House official who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss the secret plan of attack” said that Scaramucci, the newly appointed White House communications director, along with his allies are compiling a diagram of news outlets they believe Priebus, the White House chief of staff, leaked information to.
The source said Scaramucci and his allies plan to present their findings to President Donald Trump on Friday.
The Post’s story came hours after The New Yorker published Scaramucci’s expletive-laden interview with reporter Ryan Lizza. In that interview, Scaramucci, who was hired just last week, said Priebus will “be asked to resign very shortly.” Scaramucci additionally promised that virtually everyone in the White House communications shop would “all be fired by me.”
Scaramucci had become incensed at Priebus Wednesday after a Politico report detailed Scaramucci’s financial disclosure, which was publicly available from Scaramucci’s stint at the Export-Import Bank. Scaramucci, who did not know that at the time, had tweeted that the report was illegally leaked and said he was going to contact the FBI and the Justice Department. He also tagged Priebus in the now-deleted tweet and wrote #swamp.
He called Lizza on Wednesday because he was angered by a tweet from the reporter earlier in the day. That tweet cited a “senior White House official” who said Scaramucci was having dinner at the White House with the president, first lady Melania Trump, former Fox News executive Bill Shine, and Fox News host Sean Hannity.