Anthony Scaramucci launched an extraordinary attack on his White House colleagues Reince Priebus, calling him a 'f****** paranoid schizophrenic', and accused Steve Bannon of 'sucking his own c***'.

In a phone call with New Yorker reporter Ryan Lizza late on Wednesday night, a 'worked up' Scaramucci took aim at the White House Chief of Staff, accusing him of leaking information to the press about him, and Chief Strategist.

Following the publication of the article, Scaramucci turned on the journalist.

'I made a mistake in trusting a reporter. It won't happen again,' he tweeted.

At first, Scaramucci seemed unperturbed that his profane remarks had been shared.

In an afternoon tweet, he accepted his language was 'colorful', vowed to 'refrain in this arena' and pledged his support to the president and his agenda.

The stunning interview came after Scaramucci's financial disclosure form was published online, which he thought was a leak, and after Lizza revealed details of his dinner with the president.

White House Communications Director Anthony Scaramucci turned on the journalist who published his foul-mouthed rant against senior White House officials on Thursday

Scaramucci turned on journalist Ryan Lizza, saying late on Thursday that he 'made a mistake in trusting a reporter'

Scaramucci at first seemed unperturbed by Lizza's report. He defended his 'colorful language' but vowed to 'refrain in this arena'

Minutes after hanging up the phone, Scaramucci published a blistering tweet in which he appeared to accuse Priebus of leaking details of his financial disclosure form.

He deleted the tweet - in which he also called for an FBI investigation in to the sharing of his information despite it being published online by the US Office of Government Ethics - two hours later.

His anger was directed towards New Yorker journalist Ryan Lizza

During the call with Lizza, the Mooch, as he has become known, accused Priebus of leaking word of a dinner he had Wednesday night with President Trump and Fox news host Sean Hannity, along with former Fox News president Bill Shine and first lady Melania Trump.

'Oh, Bill Shine is coming in. Let me leak the f***ing thing and see if I can c**k-block these people the way I c**k-blocked Scaramucci for six months,' he said, in reference to the months he was kept out of the White House, reportedly by Priebus, after having sold his company.

He repeatedly pressured reporter Ryan Lizza to reveal the source of his tweet about the dinner, threatening to fire his own entire communications staff if he wouldn't reveal who did it.

'Who leaked that to you?' Scaramucci asked him. 'What I'm going to do is, I will eliminate everyone in the comms team and we'll start over.'

Lizza stated explicitly on CNN Thursday that Priebus did not leak the information to him.

On Wednesday night, Lizza was the first to report on Twitter that Scaramucci had had dinner with the president, the first lady, Sean Hannity and Fox Executive Bill Shine. Scaramucci, furious that the information had been leaked, called him

Apparently chastened - and possibly in fear of the president's dislike of the limelight being on any of his staff rather than him - The Mooch surfaced online on Thursday evening.

I sometimes use colorful language. I will refrain in this arena but not give up the passionate fight for @RealDonaldTrump's agenda,' he tweeted.

But the message hardly stopped the lengthy rant echoing around D.C.

THE MOOCH IN HIS OWN WORDS Anthony 'The Mooch' Scaramucci' has managed a spectacular start as director of communications last Friday- and he isn't even sworn into office. Here are some of his more memorable sayings (and how his views have evolved): Reince Priebus Friday: I don't have any friction with Reince. Reince and I have been personal friends for six years. We are a little bit like brothers where we rough each other up once in a while, which is totally normal for brothers Wednesday night: Reince Priebus - if you want to leak something - he'll be asked to resign very shortly [In voice of Preibus]: 'Oh, Bill Shine is coming in. Let me leak the f***ing thing and see if I can c**k-block these people the way I c**k-blocked Scaramucci for six months.' Reince is a f***ing paranoid schizophrenic, a paranoiac Thursday morning: We have had odds. We have had differences. When I said we were brothers from the podium, that's because we're rough on each other. Some brothers are like Cain and Abel Steve Bannon Friday: One of the smartest people that I know Wednesday night: I'm not Steve Bannon, I'm not trying to suck my own c**k The leakers Sunday: I would like to reset the culture inside the comms department so that people recognize that I'm actually there to serve them and they're going to be working with me, not for me Wednesday night: What I'm going to do is, I will eliminate everyone in the comms team. The entire place will be fired over the next two weeks. I want to f***ing kill all the leakers Himself Sunday I'll be traveling with the president this week and we're going to focus and refine the messaging from the White House Wednesday night The swamp will not defeat him Thursday morning I would never dishonor my dad by hurting my last name by doing something stupid for money or for power. I'm not doing it. It's not my personality. Thursday evening I sometimes use colorful language. I will refrain in this arena but not give up the passionate fight for @realDonaldTrump's agenda Advertisement

As well as Priebus, he went after senior strategist Stephen Bannon, accusing him of trying to build up his own image at the expense of President Trump.

'I'm not Steve Bannon, I'm not trying to suck my own c**k,' he said. 'I'm not trying to build my own brand off the f***ing strength of the President. I'm here to serve the country,' he said.

Bannon and Priebus were initially on opposing camps but have now become allies in the White House.

Bannon often works out of Priebus's office and is said to see the chief of staff as an ally against Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner, who he dismisses as 'Jivanka'.

Scaramucci also provided a reference point for his Wednesday evening Tweet, which he later took down that: 'In light of the leak of my financial info which is a felony. I will be contacting @FBI and the @TheJusticeDept #swamp @Reince45.'

In the interview, minutes before he sent the Tweet that tagged Priebus, Scaramucci said: 'Yeah, let me go, though, because I've gotta start tweeting some s*** to make this guy crazy.'

He later went after a reporter who had concluded he was trying to go after Preibus with the Tweet, claiming he instead wanted to enlist Priebus in going after leakers.

'Wrong!' he wrote, clipping an Axios tweet that said he wanted Priebus investigated by the FBI. 'Tweet was public notice to leakers that all Sr Adm officials are helping to end illegal leaks. @Reince45.'

Scaramucci accused Priebus of being behind the leak of a story about his financial disclosure, although the reporter who did it said it came from online public sources.

In another profane comment, he said: 'The swamp will not defeat him. They're trying to resist me, but it's not going to work. I've done nothing wrong on my financial disclosures, so they're going to have to go f**k themselves.'

'I've called the F.B.I. and the Department of Justice,' he told the New Yorker.

He also tried waving the flag in order to get the New Yorker to help him track down White House leakers.

'I ask these guys not to leak anything and they can't help themselves,' Scaramucci said. 'You're an American citizen, this is a major catastrophe for the American country. So I'm asking you as an American patriot to give me a sense of who leaked it.'

In the New Yorker interview, which was conducted before it became known that his financial records came out through other means, Scaramucci indicated that people would get 'prosecuted' for what he called a felony crime.

'Well, the felony, they're gonna get prosecuted, probably, for the felony.' Then he hinted at another possible course. 'The lie detector starts—' he said, without finishing his thought.

Scaramucci has repeatedly said he reports directly to President Trump and speaks frequently with the president.

White House spokeswoman Sarah Huckabee Sanders defended her new colleague on Thursday.

'This is a guy who sometimes uses colorful and, in many circles, probably not appropriate language.

'He's very passionate about the president and the president's agenda, and I think he may have let that get the best of him in that conversation,' she told Fox News.

In an attempt to steer the conversation back to the White House's agenda and away from the constant in-fighting among senior staff, she added: 'The bottom line is most of us here at the White House are focused on who has a job out in America, not who has a job here.'

By Thursday evening, The Mooch's future appeared in jeopardy and White House officials began to ponder how long he'd last.

The president does not appreciate showboats or grandstanders and it riles him when his senior aides become the focus of a story.

Scaramucci suggested that his relationship with Chief of Staff Reince Priebus (pictured) was brotherly, then mentioned the Biblical brothers Cain and Abel. Cain murdered Abel

The profane interview also included attacks after senior White House strategist Stephen Bannon

Aides are expected to put aside their own egos to make room for the president's. In Trump's White House, there's but one person the president wants to be the center of attention, and it's him.

Other senior officials who have run afoul of the president by feeding their own ambitions have saved themselves by keeping their heads down and waiting for the storm to pass - among them Bannon himself.

For Scaramucci, a camera-loving, fast-talking New Yorker who left Wall Street for Washington, it's become increasingly obvious that he may not fit in.

His reaction to a leak on Wednesday that he had dinner with the president, first lady and some Fox news personalities was startling in the West Wing.

While the dinner was leaked against his wishes, the revelation that he dined with the president, Sean Hannity and other Fox employees was 'small potatoes,' in Scaramucci's own words on CNN.

Scaramucci ended the phone call by telling Lizza: 'Yeah, let me go, though, because I've gotta start tweeting some s*** to make this guy crazy.' He then posted this on Twitter, tagging Priebus

Lizza, having just spoken to Scaramucci on the phone, confirmed that he was blaming Priebus for the leak in this tweet

Two hours after the end of their phone call, Scaramucci deleted the incriminating tweet and denied accusing Priebus of the leak. It undermined Lizza's confirmation of suspicions that he blamed the White House Chief of Staff for sharing details of his financial disclosure form

White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders defended her new colleague's remarks, saying that he let his passion for the president's agenda 'get the best of him'

Whether he or Priebus - or neither - could survive this particular battle remained unclear as of Thursday evening.

The president for his part seemed content to let them fight to the death no matter how embarrassing the viciousness is for his administration.

This afternoon Sanders said the president 'enjoys healthy competition' among his staff.

But having it played out so graphically may be a step too far.

The New Yorker series of bombshells came after a morning in which The Mooch called in to CNN to argue his case with Lizza, who is a CNN contributor - which turned into a free-wheeling 20-minute exchange with anchor Chris Cuomo.

Scaramucci told the anchor that he and Priebus had 'odds' and 'differences,' which may or may not be able to be worked out, as he suggested that the former Republican National Committee chairman publicly prove that he did not leak the new communications director's financial disclosure form.

Earlier in the day, Scaramucci called into CNN Thursday morning to talk about his bad blood with Priebus

'So if Reince wants to explain he's not a leaker, let him do that,' Scaramucci said.

'Now if you want to talk about the chief of staff, we have had odds, we have had differences,' he admitted. 'When I said we are brothers from the podium that's because we're rough on each other.'

'Some brothers are like Cain and Abel, other brothers can fight with each other and get along. I don't know if this is repairable or not, that will be up to the president,' Scaramucci continued.

In the Bible, Cain ended up murdering Abel.

Lizza told CNN Scaramucci was 'worked up' and 'angry' during the call, adding he was 'worked up into a tizzy.'

The Mooch said he was on a plane landing in New York to visit his mom.

'I was on a plane landing in New York, I have to go visit my mom, and so you may have caught it the wrong way. I was teasing you and it was sarcastic. It was one Italian to another,' he said.