Scaramucci Threatens to Call FBI Over Financial ‘Leak’

He said the sanctions put in place by President Barack Obama had “galvanized the nation” with Putin, and were having “an opposite effect because of Russian culture”.

“I’m straightly not answering your question”, Scaramucci said.

They say imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, and Scaramucci is determined to flatter.

He then said he was quoting the president, adding that “he basically said to me, hey, you know, this is – maybe they did it”. The last on-camera White House briefing prior to that was June 29.

Trump hates leaks: Trump has repeatedly said that leaks coming from his administration to the press are damaging.

Appearing on Fox News Sunday, Anthony Scaramucci told host Chris Wallace he was willing to enforce hardline reforms of the White House’s communications department – and would even be willing to “pare down the staff”. “[There] may be things that we do with the United Kingdom that are not covered by the European Union”, an unnamed White House official told WSJ. It damages the institution of the presidency and I don’t like it.

The new communications director would not address a report in Politico that he was planning to fire a press aide, calling it an “unfair thing for me to comment on”. “See, I’m getting so subtle and surgical in terms of the way I talk to you guys”.

Sanders also said that Trump has spoken with his son in the past few days, but could not elaborate on the level of communication they have shared since the story broke. “The president likes tough people, likes fighters”, he said. “I think most people on Main Street feel they got beat up on”.

One reporter asked whether Scaramucci had begun an investigation into who specifically within the press office was responsible for leaks. “I’m going to fire everybody…”

Sanders was tapped to take over the role of press secretary after Sean Spicer resigned the job in protest over the hiring of Scaramucci.