In order to keep his keep his identify confidential, White House communications director Anthony Scaramucci would only provide this photograph of his anonymous source. (Photo: Carlo Allegri/ Reuters)
Jul 23, 2017
In addition to other headline-generating statements over the weekend (here and here), President Donald Trump's new communications director Anthony Scaramucci also on Sunday claimed he had a source--but said "I won't tell you who"--who communicated to him that maybe it wasn't Russian government officials who meddled in last year's U.S. election.
Appearing on CNN's "State of the Union" and pressed mildly by Jake Tapper about who this "anonymous source" was, Scaramucci quickly confessed, "How 'bout it was the president, Jake. I talked to him yesterday. He called me from Air Force One and he basically said to me: 'Hey you know, maybe they did it, maybe they didn't do it.'"
\u201cScaramucci Quotes Anonymous Russia Investigation Source, Then Quickly Confesses It Was Trump...scary, but HILARIOUS!\u201d— A Republic, If You Can Keep It (@A Republic, If You Can Keep It) 1500830775
The bizarre exchange occurs, The Hillnotes, "amid uncertainty on whether the president will support a bipartisan Russian sanctions bill, despite White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders insisting [Sunday] that the Trump administration supports the measure."
And while Huckabee Sanders delivered that message, Scaramucci offered a variation on the president's current position.
The president, he said, "hasn't made the decision yet to sign that bill one way or another."
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In addition to other headline-generating statements over the weekend (here and here), President Donald Trump's new communications director Anthony Scaramucci also on Sunday claimed he had a source--but said "I won't tell you who"--who communicated to him that maybe it wasn't Russian government officials who meddled in last year's U.S. election.
Appearing on CNN's "State of the Union" and pressed mildly by Jake Tapper about who this "anonymous source" was, Scaramucci quickly confessed, "How 'bout it was the president, Jake. I talked to him yesterday. He called me from Air Force One and he basically said to me: 'Hey you know, maybe they did it, maybe they didn't do it.'"
\u201cScaramucci Quotes Anonymous Russia Investigation Source, Then Quickly Confesses It Was Trump...scary, but HILARIOUS!\u201d— A Republic, If You Can Keep It (@A Republic, If You Can Keep It) 1500830775
The bizarre exchange occurs, The Hillnotes, "amid uncertainty on whether the president will support a bipartisan Russian sanctions bill, despite White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders insisting [Sunday] that the Trump administration supports the measure."
And while Huckabee Sanders delivered that message, Scaramucci offered a variation on the president's current position.
The president, he said, "hasn't made the decision yet to sign that bill one way or another."
In addition to other headline-generating statements over the weekend (here and here), President Donald Trump's new communications director Anthony Scaramucci also on Sunday claimed he had a source--but said "I won't tell you who"--who communicated to him that maybe it wasn't Russian government officials who meddled in last year's U.S. election.
Appearing on CNN's "State of the Union" and pressed mildly by Jake Tapper about who this "anonymous source" was, Scaramucci quickly confessed, "How 'bout it was the president, Jake. I talked to him yesterday. He called me from Air Force One and he basically said to me: 'Hey you know, maybe they did it, maybe they didn't do it.'"
\u201cScaramucci Quotes Anonymous Russia Investigation Source, Then Quickly Confesses It Was Trump...scary, but HILARIOUS!\u201d— A Republic, If You Can Keep It (@A Republic, If You Can Keep It) 1500830775
The bizarre exchange occurs, The Hillnotes, "amid uncertainty on whether the president will support a bipartisan Russian sanctions bill, despite White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders insisting [Sunday] that the Trump administration supports the measure."
And while Huckabee Sanders delivered that message, Scaramucci offered a variation on the president's current position.
The president, he said, "hasn't made the decision yet to sign that bill one way or another."
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