The White House will back sanctions against Russia for meddling in the 2016 presidential election, recently installed press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said on Sunday, even though her new boss said the “situation” has been “overblown.”

“The administration is supportive of being tough on Russia, particularly in putting the sanctions in place,” Huckabee Sanders said on ABC’s “This Week.”

But incoming White House communications director Anthony Scaramucci threw cold water over Russian involvement in the election and the continuing probes by Congress, the FBI and special counsel Robert Mueller.

“We certainly want to deescalate things,” he said on “Fox News Sunday.” “I think the Russian situation is overblown.”

Later on CNN, asked whether Trump would sign off on the sanctions, Scaramucci demurred.

“We got to ask President Trump that. It’s my second or third day on the job. My guess is that he’s going to make that decision shortly,” he said on “State of the Union.”

Pressed by host Jake Tapper, Scaramucci said he’d back whatever Trump decides.

“He hasn’t made the decision yet to sign that bill one way or another, so when he makes that decision I will 100 percent side with him because I’m his

communications director and I’m his advocate.”

Huckabee Sanders, who became the press secretary last Friday after the resignation of Sean Spicer over Scaramucci’s appointment, said the White House is on board with the changes.

“The original piece of legislation was poorly written, but we were able to look at the House and Senate,” she said. “And the administration is happy with the ability to do that, to make the changes that were necessary and we support where the legislation is now.”

The House is expected to vote on the measure on Tuesday after bipartisan congressional negotiators over the weekend were able to strike a deal to punish Moscow for interfering in the election and for its military provocations in Ukraine and Syria.

The legislation, passed last month by the Senate, would also allow Congress to review any action by the Trump administration to ease sanctions.

Sen. John Thune, (R-S.D.) said it would be in Trump’s “best interest” to sign the bill.

“I think that in the end the administration will come to the conclusion that an overwhelming majority of Congress has and that is that we need to sanction Russia for their meddling in the U.S. election,” he said on”Fox News Sunday.”

Trump has played down any Russian interference in the election, even thought the US intelligence community says it has no doubts.

Several members of Team Trump – son Donald Trump Jr., son-in-law Jared Kushner, who is a top White House adviser, and former campaign chairman Paul Manafort – are expected to testify before Congressional panels this week.