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Scaramucci Vows to Contact FBI Over ‘Leaked’ Financial Disclosure

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Tags Reince Priebus in tweet about “felony” after report describing his investment firm’s performance.

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White House communications director Anthony Scaramucci took a page out of President Trump’s playbook Wednesday night with a tweet threatening to sic the FBI on a supposed information leaker. “In light of the leak of my financial disclosure info which is a felony. I will be contacting the FBI and the Justice Department,” Scaramucci wrote, inexplicably tagging White House Chief of Staff Reince Priebus. Scaramucci did not specify what information was leaked, but a Politico article cited the incoming communications director’s required financial disclosure in reporting he earned $4.9 million since last year from his ownership stake in investment firm SkyBridge. Scaramucci appeared to delete the tweet, but in a subsequent post said Priebus was among the senior White House officials helping to crack down on leaks.

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