White House press secretary Sean Spicer has resigned after opposing President Donald Trump‘s appointment of Anthony Scaramucci as communications director, NBC News has confirmed with two people familiar with the matter.
The New York Times first reported the news.
The president asked Spicer to stay in his role, but Spicer said appointing Scaramucci was a major mistake, the Times reported, citing a person with direct knowledge of the conversation.
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