Donald Trump's former communications chief Anthony Scaramucci, who was fired after just 10 days in his job, just followed WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange on Twitter. <\/p>\n
The former White House communications director is known for following a lot of people on the social network - more than 168,000 at the time of writing. <\/p>\n
But following the world's most notorious handler of stolen government information just days after being very publicly ousted from the White House is bound to raise a few eyebrows in Washington. <\/p>\n
Last night it emerged Scaramucci had been duped by a British prankster into a seething argument with someone he appeared to believe was former White House Chief of Staff, Reince Priebus. <\/p>\n
Apparently convinced he was corresponding with the real Priebus, Scaramucci said his former boss had been hurtful. <\/p>\n
He wrote: You know what you did. We all do. Even today. But rest assured we are prepared. A Man would apologise. <\/p>\n
The fake Priebus wrote back: I can't believe you are questioning my ethics! The so called 'Mooch', who can't even manage his first week in the White House without leaving upset in his wake. I have nothing to apologize for.\" <\/p>\n
Trumps then-comms chief said Priebus should read more Shakespeare, particularly revenge play Othello. <\/p>\n
Scaramucci has previously spoken positively about Assange's information clearing house. <\/p>\n
In a Tweet last October, long before Trump made him Director of Communications, he said: \"WikiLeaks became the fourth estate in 2016.\" <\/p>\n
Ahead of November's US presidential election, WikiLeaks released a cache of email stolen from the Democratic National Committee, which US intelligence services believe had been given to Assange by Russian hackers. <\/p>\n
The email dump was hugely damaging to Hillary Clinton 's campaign, and many credit it with securing Trump's victory. <\/p>\n
The Mirror has contacted Mr Scaramucci for comment. <\/p>\n
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