Washington( CNN) President Donald Trump's former communications director, Anthony Scaramucci, said Sunday that he disagrees with the route the White House reprimanded a CNN reporter for asking questions during a photo op, adding that the decision to punish the reporter “probably came from the President.”
The White House on Wednesday barred CNN White House correspondent Kaitlan Collins from an open press event after she asked Trump questions at an Oval Office photo op with European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker that the White House deemed inappropriate.
As is customary, Collins. who was acting as a pond reporter representing major television networks, lobbed a few questions at the President, asking about Russian President Vladimir Putin and Trump's former lawyer, Michael Cohen. Trump did not answer the questions.
