Washington (CNN) President Donald Trump's former communications director, Anthony Scaramucci, said Sunday that he disagrees with the way 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."

"I disagree with it," Scaramucci told anchor Jake Tapper on CNN's "State of the Union." "What is the desired outcome, I guess that people don't ask you those questions? Well guess what? The First Amendment gives these reporters the right to do that. ... This is what all these reporters have been doing for 30 or 40 years."

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 pool 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.

White House press secretary Sarah Sanders claimed Collins "shouted questions and refused to leave despite repeatedly being asked to do so."

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