Scaramucci: “If The Leaks Don’t Stop, I’m Going To Pare Down The Staff”
by Tyler Durden
ZeroHedge.com
Jul 23, 2017
One day after new White House communications director Anthony Scaramucci scoured through his Twitter account, deleting any tweets (mostly critical of Trump) that could be a “distraction” for the White House, on Sunday morning the former Goldman employee pledged that as one of his first steps, he would “take dramatic action” to halt the biggest problem plaguing the Trump White House: the endless torrent of leaks.
“I will take dramatic action to stop those leaks,” Scaramucci told Chris Wallace on “Fox News Sunday” adding that while he could not control leaks coming from the intergovernmental agencies, he would take action in the White House communications department.
“If the leaks don’t stop, I’m going to pare down the staff because it’s not fair to the president, to America, and to the people in government” he threatened while adding that “everyone can stay if the follow protocol against the leaks.”
Scaramucci’s appointment as communications director on Friday set off the latest in a series of leaks describing White House in-fighting, with Scaramucci’s appointment eventually prompting then-White House press secretary Sean Spicer to resign.
The incoming communications director also said he would focus on refining White House-press relations. “There is some fake news unfortunately,” he said, adding that there were specific people in the media who “stretch or fabricate things.” Scaramucci also explained that he would use social media and Trump’s abilities as a communicator to overcome negative stories.
Later in the same interview, Scaramucci said that the Russia “situation” has been “overblown,” and the White House is looking to “deescalate” it.
“We certainly want to deescalate things,” Scaramucci told Chris Wallace on “Fox News Sunday.” “I think the Russian situation is overblown” he said, adding that the meeting with the Russian attorney was a non-event.
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