Trump’s new communications chief vows he will ‘fire everybody’ over leaks

President Donald Trump’s new communications director says he’s prepared to clean house in order to stop the leaks plaguing the administration.

Anthony Scaramucci, the Wall Street financier tapped for the role last week, said on Tuesday that he was prepared to “fire everybody” to stop unauthorised information coming from the press office.

Speaking to reporters, Scaramucci said that he was “not doing an investigation. I’m just going to get the leaking to stop.” He stressed that he had “the authority from the president to do that.”

“You’re either going to stop leaking or you’re going to get fired,” Scaramucci said.

The Trump administration has been troubled by numerous damaging leaks amid the investigation into Russian efforts to influence the vote. The president has criticised the leaks and urged authorities to prosecute the alleged leakers.