washington white house press secretary sean spic resign friday end short turbulent tenure make household name butt late-night television comedy lampoon amid upheaval within president donald trump inner circle surprise spic departure abrupt accompany change trump media legal team investigation possible tie campaign russian meddle 2016 presidential election widen six months power still without major legislative win trump shuffle close staff part ways spic name anthony scaramucci new white house communications director spic communications director well press secretary follow resignation mike dubke director early last month republican close white house tell reuters trump settle scaramucci 53 political supporter former goldman sachs banker head media job thursday meet friday morning formally offer white house official brief happen next say spic tell scaramucci hire trump urge spic stay spic 45 say want stay term condition describe quit source close white house say basically donald trump like scaramucci tv saw communications director job way ... make top tv surrogate source say trump want spic press secretary much communications director work well scaramucci hold ceremonial title responsibility real challenge early afternoon brief scaramucci debut white house press corps name sarah sanders new press secretary spic deputy know insiders mooch new communications director harvard law school-educated long islander found hedge fund leave goldman sell join trump administration spic veteran washington staffer parody memorably actress melissa mccarthy saturday night live tv comedy show combative encounter reporters grateful sean work behalf administration american people trump say statement wish continue success move pursue new opportunities look great television rat spic stay job august start spic invite controversy attack media first appearance press secretary report call inaccurate crowd number trump jan. 20 inauguration large audience ever witness inauguration period person around globe say assertion quickly draw scorn twitter post friday spic write honor privilege serve potus realdonaldtrump amaze country continue service august trump tap job press secretary spic republican national committee spokesman previously work administration former president george w. bush time dress easter bunny costume annual white house easter egg roll spic trump aid shake white house deal media include cut back daily televise news brief replace audio brief scaramucci tell reporters love president ... honor here ask go right white house ship scaramucci say nothing fix ship go right direction like team let rephrase love team say separately special counsel robert mueller investigate possible trump-russia tie ask white house officials preserve record meet last year president eldest son donald trump jr. russian lawyer source knowledge request say friday spokesman trump outside legal team mark corallo resign departure come amid media report role marc kasowitz lead team reduce thursday attorney general jeff sessions brush sharp criticism trump say love job plan stay trump take broad swipe administration top law officer week new york time interview say would appoint sessions attorney general know would recuse white house unrest limit communications legal staff say two officials familiar situation trump ignore recommendations national security adviser h.r mcmaster senior director russia fiona hill deal russian president vladimir putin officials say speak condition anonymity say mcmaster frustrate continue debate send u.s. force afghanistan one official say tension persist mcmaster chief white house strategist steve bannon chief speechwriter stephen miller white house spokesman spic trump seek fix image