LEAKS/TRUMP PEOPLE/ANTHONY SCARAMUCCI/REINCE PRIEBUS: “The internal rivalries of the White House spilled out into stark public view on Thursday [7-27-17] morning as President Trump’s new communications director called out his chief of staff on live television, suggesting that he may be a leaker — all over a leak that was not actually a leak.
Anthony Scaramucci, who was installed as White House communications director last week over the objections of the chief of staff, Reince Priebus, telephoned into CNN and said the two men were at odds. Mr. Scaramucci compared them to Cain and Abel, the biblical sons of Adam and Eve whose conflict leads to Cain murdering Abel. He challenged Mr. Priebus to deny being a leaker…
The call into CNN came after Mr. Scaramucci seemed to suggest on Twitter overnight that Mr. Priebus may have had something to do with the ‘leak’ of Mr. Scaramucci’s financial disclosure form to Politico. Mr. Scaramucci said the ‘leak’ was ‘a felony’ and that he would be contacting the F.B.I. and Justice Department to seek an investigation. He then included Mr. Priebus’s Twitter handle, which several officials in the White House interpreted as meaning that he suspected the chief of staff. Asked by text on Wednesday night whether that was true, Mr. Scaramucci did not respond.”
-Peter Baker, “Scaramucci Hints Priebus Was Behind a Leak. But There Was No Leak.,” The New York Times online, July 27, 2017