Scaramucci Kicks Suspected RNC Leaker Out of White House

Assistant press secretary Michael Short has been fired from the White House communications office over his suspected leakings to the press.

“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 was appointed to his former position by White House chief of staff Reince Priebus despite being a little schmuck who bailed on the Trump campaign when things got tough.

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.

This also raises some questions as to if the RNC might be teaming up with the DNC to make sure President Trump’s agenda gets hijacked by leakers and traitors. But, that is just a conspiracy. The facts surrounding Short do raise a lot of questions though about loyalty.

“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.”

It is interesting to note that Sean Spicer, another Priebus ally quit when he heard that Scaramucci was joining the team. Spicer’s exit was so sudden too. Seems all Scaramucci had time to do was give an interview saying all leakers would be fired before he was out the door. But, maybe he was already planning on leaving anyway and the transition decided on weeks ago.

Source: Breitbart