Sarah Huckabee Sanders, New Press Secretary, Delivers White House Briefing On July 21

WASHINGTON, DC — Principal Deputy White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders delivered a briefing for reporters Friday afternoon, following the explosive announcement that Press Secretary Sean Spicer has resigned from the White House.

Spicer, an embattled a conflict-driven face for the administration, reportedly left the administration over the hiring of a new communications director. Sanders is certain to be asked about the resignation.

"It's been an honor & a privilege to serve @POTUS @realDonaldTrump & this amazing country. I will continue my service through August," Spicer tweeted.

But many other questions for the White House came up Thursday night when the Washington Post reported that the president's lawyers are working on an effort to discredit Special Counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into potential collusion between Russia and the Trump campaign. The article also said that the president and his team are looking into the power to pardon, should any charges arise. They're even investigating whether the president could pardon himself, according to the Post. (For more information on this and other political stories, subscribe to the White House Patch to receive daily newsletters and breaking news alerts.)

>> Sean Spicer Out As White House Press Secretary

This will be the first on-camera press briefing since June 29.

Anthony Scaramucci, an entreprenuer, Fox New contributor and frequent Trump defender took over the role of communications director Friday, which reports suggest was the reason for Spicer's resignation. Scaramucci spoke took questions from the press first, saying that the White House is doing an excellent job, and that he hopes to convince the press of the quality of the president's work.

He also announced that that Sanders would be the new press secretary.

"I love the president and I'm very, very loyal to the resident," he said, "and I love the mission that the President has." He said he's seen the president throw "a dead spiral through a tire."

He also said that we would have liked Sean Spicer to have stayed on, saying, "Sean decided that he thought it would be better to go."

Asked how he would right the course of the White House, he said: "The ship is going in the right direction. We need to radio signal the right direction correctly."

He would not commit to holding televised daily briefings, saying he would have to have a conversation about that with the president.

One reporter asked whether Scaramucci would continue the combative relationship with the press that the White House has had up to this point. He said that he's had a good relationship with the press in his career, but he does think there is some media bias against the president.

When Sanders took the podium, she said that Spicer thought the president should get a clean slate for the new hires in his press office.

"He understood that the President wanted to bring in and add new people to the team," she said.

On the topic of pardon powers, Sanders said that Trump maintains pardon power as all Presidents do, but does not have any specific plans for pardons at this time.

Sanders also said that the White House's goal for health care is to push forward with a "repeal and replace" bill, despite the fact that Trump tweeted that he would like to just let Obamacare fail or push a pure "repeal" bill earlier in the week.

Watch a live stream of the event below.

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