White House Says Scaramucci ‘Will Report Directly to the President’

The White House put out a statement last night clarifying a few things about Anthony Scaramucci‘s role.

Scaramucci, the new Communications Director, reportedly does not see eye-to-eye with Chief of Staff Reince Priebus. And despite the reports Priebus wasn’t happy with him being given the position, both man publicly said there’s no friction between them.

Scaramucci himself said during yesterday’s briefing that he will report directly to the President and not Priebus, and a statement from the White House last night confirms this:

WH statement on @Scaramucci hire: "He will report directly to the President." pic.twitter.com/E7AgFGTjQe

— Zeke Miller (@ZekeJMiller) July 22, 2017

Dan Scavino, the White House Director of Social Media, made a point of tweeting this morning that he will “report directly” to the President:

I plan on continuing to serve and report directly to President @realDonaldTrump at the @WhiteHouse, as I've done since 1/20/2017. #MAGA??

— Dan Scavino Jr. (@DanScavino) July 22, 2017

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