Anthony Scaramucci Delivers Profanity-Laced Threats, Vows To Fire Trump's Chief Of Staff

WASHINGTON, DC — New White House Communications Director Anthony Scaramucci unleashed an extended tirade of vulgar insults and threats against his new colleagues in the White House, including Chief of Staff Reince Priebus, implying that he had evidence against him and other leakers and that felony criminal charges may be in the offing.

He made his comments in an on-the-record conversation with New Yorker reporter Ryan Lizza, who published a story Thursday about the unusual verbal assault. Scaramucci apparently believed that Priebus had leaked embarrassing financial documents about him to Politico. The documents, though, were public record and available to anybody who asks for them. President Trump's newest aide was then apparently pushed over the edge Wednesday night when Lizza tweeted about a dinner attended by Scaramucci, Sean Hannity and Kimberly Guilfoyle, the Fox News hosts, and Bill Shine, a former Fox executive.

Scaramucci was incensed and called the reporter asking for his source, who had been identified in the tweet only as a "senior White House official." The reporter, of course, declined.

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“Reince is a f------ paranoid schizophrenic, a paranoiac,” Scaramucci said of the chief of staff. Later, he targeted another high-profile official in President Trump's administration. “I’m not Steve Bannon, I’m not trying to suck my own c---,” he said, speaking of Trump’s chief strategist. “I’m not trying to build my own brand off the f------ strength of the President. I’m here to serve the country.”

He also threatened to fire the entire White House communications staff if Lizza, the reporter, didn't reveal who told him about the dinner, adding that he wanted to "kill all the leakers."

"Reince Priebus—if you want to leak something—he’ll be asked to resign very shortly,” Scaramucci said.

After the news broke, Scaramucci tweeted, "I sometimes use colorful language. I will refrain in this arena but not give up the passionate fight for [President Trump's] agenda. "

He later added: "I made a mistake in trusting in a reporter. It won't happen again." According to Lizza's account, though, Scaramucci never asked for his comments to be off the record.

On Friday morning, Scaramucci responded to reporters' questions about the incident.

"Come on, that was not fair," he said. "You know that was not fair."

Read Ryan Lizza's full article at The New Yorker>>

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