Trump: Spicer Resigning at White House, Scaramucci to Be Communications Chief

President Donald Trump walks out with U.S. Vice President Mike Pence and Sean Spicer, White House press secretary (R) during a swearing in ceremony of White House senior staff in the East Room of the White House in Washington on Jan. 22, 2017. Andrew Harrer-Pool/Getty Images

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump said in a statement on Friday that White House press secretary Sean Spicer was resigning as of August and that businessman Anthony Scaramucci, a long-time supporter, would become White House communications director.

New White House Communications Director Anthony Scaramucci takes questions at the daily briefing at the White House in Washington, U.S., July 21, 2017. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst