Scaramucci: Leakers Would Have Been Hanged 150 Years Ago
Claims White House staffers are committing treason.
REUTERS/Joshua Roberts / Reuters
Anthony Scaramucci, the White House communications director, said on CNN’s New Day that leakers in the administration “would have been hung 150 years ago.” Scaramucci has threatened to purge the entire White House press office since assuming his post last week, with his main focus on anyone leaking information to reporters. In a since-deleted tweet Wednesday, he implied that Chief of Staff Reince Priebus could be responsible for some of the information that has been passed on to the press. “In light of the leak of my financial disclosure info which is a felony. I will be contacting @FBI and the @TheJusticeDept #swamp @Reince45.” On Thursday morning, he added: “If Reince wants to explain that he’s not a leaker, let him do that.” An FBI spokesperson had no comment.
Scaramucci: I don't like the activity that's going on in the WH. I don't like what they're doing to my friends. https://t.co/jvlXoX5iGs
— New Day (@NewDay) July 27, 2017
WOW!!! Scaramucci: Leaks about Syria, North Korea or Iraq are "so treasonous that 150 years ago people would have actually been hung..." pic.twitter.com/G2NZwvMNYq
— Matt (@ibmatteo) July 27, 2017
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