Thread: Scaramucci Terminates Suspected Leaker Michael Short from White House

Scaramucci Terminates Suspected Leaker Michael Short from White House

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by MATTHEW BOYLE
25 Jul 2017Washington, D.C.

Suspected leaker Michael Short has been terminated from the White House communications office, Breitbart News can confirm.

Short, an ally of White House chief of staff Reince Priebus and now former Press Secretary Sean Spicer—who resigned last week—was terminated on Tuesday by new White House communications director Anthony Scaramucci.

Politico’s Tara Palmeri was the first to report the news.

“Newly appointed White House communications director Anthony Scaramucci said on Tuesday that he plans to dismiss assistant press secretary Michael Short,” Palmeri wrote on Tuesday morning. “It would be Scaramucci’s first step toward shaking up the communications shop, which has been dominated by former Republican National Committee staffers loyal to White House chief of staff Reince Priebus, a former RNC chairman.”

Short originally worked for the Trump campaign—placed on it by Priebus—and quit the campaign, sources tell Breitbart News, after the Access Hollywood tape came out. Politico confirmed this report, noting that Short walked out in the middle of the campaign leaving his computer behind only to show back up in January at the behest of the Republican National Committee (RNC) allies in the White House.

“He was scorned by many of his colleagues for quitting the Trump campaign, only to rejoin as a White House staffer because of Priebus,” Palmeri wrote of Short. “In a story often retold by campaign staffers, they arrived at Trump Tower one morning, months before the election, to see Short’s computer left open on his otherwise empty desk. He had quit the campaign that day and never returned. The next time he was seen by former campaign staffers was in January on their first day in the White House, where some were stunned to learn that they were going to have to work alongside him or for some of the press assistants subordinate to him.”

Multiple White House sources confirm to Breitbart News that Short was a leaker, and worked closely with now former White House deputy chief of staff Katie Walsh—another RNC wing official who was terminated earlier this year for her own leaking.

Short has not responded to a request for comment on the questions about his leaking. But he did tell CNN he does not believe he has been fired, even though multiple White House sources confirm he has been.

“No one has told me anything and the entire premise is false,” Short told CNN.

According to Palmeri, too, Short has now denied that he quit the campaign–he just says he went to work back at the RNC.

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Tara Palmeri
✔@tarapalmeri
Short disputes his resignations, says he was assigned to campaign from RNC and merely went back to the RNC to work for campaign from HQ https://twitter.com/tarapalmeri/status/889839758154887169 …
9:50 AM - 25 Jul 2017 · Washington, DC

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But it’s pretty clear that President Trump doesn’t buy it.

Jonathan Swan
✔@jonathanvswan
It's clear from this story that the order to fire Short came from the President (who had heard the campaign story.) https://twitter.com/tarapalmeri/status/889838615689388036 …
8:39 AM - 25 Jul 2017

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Tara Palmeri
✔@tarapalmeri

to Trump, it was a betrayal by Priebus to bring a staffer into the White House who quit the campaign https://twitter.com/jonathanvswan/status/889842557668163584 …
9:56 AM - 25 Jul 2017 · Washington, DC

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Scaramucci has confirmed multiple times in interviews over the weekend that he plans to root out leakers throughout the White House.

Now, on Tuesday, he has again confirmed that he will terminate everyone if necessary to stop the leaks.

Ashley Parker
✔@AshleyRParker

"I'm going to fire everybody," Scaramucci says, explaining how he's going to get the leaking to stop.
9:57 AM - 25 Jul 2017

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Josh Dawsey
✔@jdawsey1

Scaramucci last night: "I'll fire all of you." Looks like there may be a new sheriff in town... http://www.politico.com/story/2017/07/24/trump-sessions-cabinet-shame-240911 …





http://www.breitbart.com/big-governm...m-white-house/

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No One is Safe: Anthony Scaramucci Torches White House Leakers



by CHARLIE SPIERING
25 Jul 2017

White House communications director Anthony Scaramucci lit into leakers in the White House, threatening to “fire everybody” to stop the leaks.

“If I got to get this thing down to me and Sarah Huckabee, then the leaking will stop,” he told White House reporters including Breitbart News in the White House driveway as he entered the West Wing on Tuesday morning.

Scaramucci signaled that there would be no tolerance for leaking, asserting that he had authority from the president to fire whoever he thought necessary.

“Leaking is atrocious, it’s outrageous, it’s unpatriotic, it damages the president personally, it damages the institution of the presidency, and I don’t like it,” he said.

Scaramucci already reportedly fired White House assistant press secretary Michael Short for damaging leaks about the White House internal operations. He declined to confirm the reports but sent a strong message to all of the leakers.

“I’m gonna put ‘em out on Pennsylvania Ave, I think it’s a very clear thing,” he said. “Do you want to sell postcards to the tourists outside the gate or do you want to work in the West Wing? What do you want to do?”

Charlie Spiering
✔@charliespiering
- @Scaramucci holds court with the press about firing leakers
10:16 AM - 25 Jul 2017

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White House counselor to the president Kellyanne Conway told reporters that although the White House press staff was filled with “incredibly talented men and women,” the leaks would have to stop.

“The West Wing is a very small place, I think it’s easy to figure out who the leakers are,” she said.

http://www.breitbart.com/big-governm...house-leakers/

Great new. Same thing needs to happen in all agencies. Watch him work, follow his lead, get rid of the leakers.