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“In light of the leak of my nancial disclosure info which is a felony, I will be contacting @FBI and the @JusticeDept #swamp @Reince45,” his since-deleted tweet read.
Scaramucci’s nancial disclosure form wasn’t leaked at all. It was released after a public records request by a Politico reporter.
In the CNN interview, Scaramucci said he’d be reaching out to his “buddies” in the FBI about the matter.
If Scaramucci tries to direct the FBI to conduct a leak investigation, that could brush up against the Jus- tice Department’s obligation to function independently from the White House, said Mark Zaid, a national security lawyer in Washington.
“It starts to potentially smell and approach an inappropriate line,” Zaid said.
Brad Gerstman, a New York lobbyist and public relations executive, said it probably doesn’t matter to Trump that Scaramucci and Priebus don’t get along. Gerstman has done projects for the Trump Organiza- tion and is a neighbor and longtime friend of Scaramucci’s.
“In my experience, he’s of the belief that sometimes a little friction in the ranks is how you surface the best ideas,” Gerstman said of Trump.
But another rule of thumb in Trump’s inner circle is that it’s never wise to outshine the president.
Trump has reacted angrily when certain aides — including Bannon and, brie y, son-in-law Jared Kushner — received outsized media attention.
Ari Fleischer, who served as press secretary under George W. Bush, said, “Ask Steve Bannon what hap- pens if you get too much publicity and go too far.”
“It reminds me of Icarus ying too close to the sun.”
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Lemire reported from New York. Associated Press writers Vivian Salama, Eric Tucker and Jill Colvin con-
tributed to this report.
10 Things to Know for Today By The Associated Press
Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today: 1. ‘IT’S TIME TO MOVE ON’
A dejected Majority Leader Mitch McConnell urges his Senate colleagues to move on after the chamber
narrowly rejected a measure to repeal parts of “Obamacare.”
2. ‘I SOMETIMES USE COLORFUL LANGUAGE’
Trump aide Anthony Scaramucci explains his profanity-laced tirade directed at colleagues Reince Priebus
and Steve Bannon after it was published in its entirety in The New Yorker magazine.
3. SHARIF OUSTED IN PAKISTAN
The country’s Supreme Court disquali es the three-term prime minister from holding of ce over allega-
tions of corruption against him and his family.
4. ISRAELI POLICE ON HIGH ALERT FOR PRAYERS AT JERUSALEM SITE
Men under 50 are barred from the site near the Al-Aqsa Mosque following security assessments indicting
Palestinians plan protests there.
5. TRUMP SEEKING FUNDS TO COMBAT ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION, VIOLENT CRIME
The president heads to Long Island to give a speech close to where the street gang MS-13 has com-
mitted a string of murders.
6. WHAT AWAITS TRUMP’S SIGNATURE
The Senate has approved a new package of stiff nancial sanctions against Russia, Iran and North Korea. 7. HOW NORTH KOREA IS EVADING INTERNATIONAL SANCTIONS
An AP investigation nds that U.S.-allied Persian Gulf nations are hosting thousands of North Korean
laborers whose wages help Pyongyang build the missiles now threatening the U.S. and its Asian partners. 8. WHO IS GOING AFTER RUSSIAN HACKERS
The U.S. has orchestrated the arrest of ve suspected Russian cybercriminals across Europe in the past