White House press aide Michael Short resigned on Tuesday, capping off hours of drama over whether he would be fired by President Trump's new communications director.
"I have resigned, effective immediately," Short said in a brief text message. "It was a privilege to serve the President of the United States."
Short's departure came after White House communications director Anthony Scaramucci told Politico Tuesday morning he planned to fire him over alleged leaks.
The spokesman initially responded that he had not been told of his dismissal.
”No one has told me anything, and the entire premise is false," he told CNN.
In a bizarre statement to reporters on the West Wing driveway, Scaramucci decried the news of Short's firing as another leak — even though he revealed the move himself.
"This is the problem with the leaking," Scaramucci said. "This is actually a terrible thing. Let's say I'm firing Michael Short today. The fact that you guys know about it before he does really upsets me as a human being and as a Roman Catholic."
The brash former hedge fund manager said he would take an aggressive approach in rooting out leakers.
”I'm going to fire everybody, that's how I'm going to do it," Scaramucci said, adding that he ”a thousand percent" has been given the authority from President Trump to do so.
Source: http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-brief...on/343648-white-house-press-aide-resigns-amid
Can't have leaks if there's no one to leak.
Lock if old. I searched and didn't find anything