He gave an infamous, profanity-laden interview to The New Yorker
Scaramucci speaks to members of the media outside the White House in Washington on Tuesday, July 25, 2017.AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais
Scaramucci ignited a days-long controversy after giving an expletive-filled interview to The New Yorker that was published July 27. He unloaded to reporter Ryan Lizza about leakers within the Trump administration, accusing Priebus of telling reporters about a White House dinner attended by Scaramucci, Trump, Fox News executive Bill Shine, and host Sean Hannity, among others.
Scaramucci demanded Lizza reveal his source, then vowed to fire the entire White House communications staff.
“What I’m going to do is, I will eliminate everyone in the comms team and we’ll start over,” he said. “I ask these guys not to leak anything and they can’t help themselves. You’re an American citizen, this is a major catastrophe for the American country. So I’m asking you as an American patriot to give me a sense of who leaked it.”
Scaramucci continued, calling Priebus a “f—— paranoid schizophrenic, a paranoiac” and imitating him: “‘Oh, Bill Shine is coming in. Let me leak the f—— thing and see if I can c–k-block these people the way I c–k-blocked Scaramucci for six months.'”
He then pivoted to White House chief strategist Steve Bannon, accusing him of using his White House role for self-serving purposes.
“I’m not Steve Bannon, I’m not trying to suck my own c—,” Scaramucci said. “I’m not trying to build my own brand off the f—— strength of the president. I’m here to serve the country.”