Anthony Scaramucci, the White House's new communications director, is seeking an investigation from the FBI and Justice Department with regards to the leak of his financial disclosure form. Scaramucci is not playing and believes this is a felony.
In a recent tweet Scaramucci tagged Reince Priebus the White House chief of staff. He also included the hashtag #swamp.
This was misconstrued as Scaramucci accusing Priebus of doing the actual leaking. Scaramucci took to Twitter to clarify the issue.
Wrong! Tweet was public notice to leakers that all Sr Adm officials are helping to end illegal leaks. @Reince45 pic.twitter.com/AB0reseuX1
— Anthony Scaramucci (@Scaramucci) July 27, 2017
More per Politico:
The incoming White House communications director earned $4.9 million from his ownership stake in SkyBridge in addition to more than $5 million in salary between Jan. 1, 2016, and the end of June, when he joined the Export-Import Bank, according to a financial disclosure filed with the Office of Government Ethics.The disclosure form hasn’t been previously reported.
In his disclosure, Scaramucci listed assets worth as much as $85 million. He has several real estate investments, including single-family rental homes on Long Island. A minority stake in the New York Mets is worth as much as $5 million. He also is an investor in Juice Press, a chain of snack and smoothie shops in the Northeast. Scaramucci earned $200,000 in income from a majority stake in Hastings Capital Group, according to his financial disclosure. That ownership share also will be sold as part of the SkyBridge deal with RON and HNA. As a contributor to Fox News, Scaramucci earned about $88,000, according to his financial disclosure. He has three mortgages with U.S. Bank for a total liability of $2.5 million to $7 million.
Tagging Priebus in the tweet set off a firestorm of tweets by people from the media.
https://twitter.com/jonathanvswan/status/890410288180318208
In case there's any ambiguity in his tweet I can confirm that Scaramucci wants the FBI to investigate Reince for leaking.
— Ryan Lizza (@RyanLizza) July 27, 2017
https://twitter.com/Cernovich/status/890403577163784193
Why is Reince mentioned in this tweet??!?!?!? https://t.co/2NOLW8sIgY
— Zeke Miller (@ZekeJMiller) July 27, 2017
https://twitter.com/Cernovich/status/890410280596918272
With political figures using Twitter it causes news to move at a quicker pace than ever. Good job by Scaramucci in getting on Twitter and getting front of the misinformation that was being spread. Despite the misunderstanding, the fact remains: Scaramucci is not playing.
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