Speaker Paul Ryan Paul Davis RyanKenosha will be a good bellwether in 2020 At indoor rally, Pence says election runs through Wisconsin Juan Williams: Breaking down the debates MORE on Thursday defended his close friend and ally, Reince Priebus, amid rumors the latter is struggling for power in the White House.

Ryan said his fellow Wisconsinite is “doing a fantastic job” as White House chief of staff and has the support of President Trump.

“As you know Reince is a very close friend of mine. Reince is doing a fantastic job at the White House and I believe he has the president’s confidence,” Ryan told reporters at his weekly news conference in the Capitol.

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Ryan’s remarks came just hours after new White House communications director Anthony Scaramucci insinuated on Twitter and in interviews that Priebus was behind leaks to the media about the Trump White House.

“If Reince wants to explain he's not a leaker, let him do that,” Scaramucci said in an interview on CNN on Thursday morning. “But let me tell you about myself. I'm a straight shooter and I'll go right to the heart of the matter.”

Scaramucci has warned he has Trump's authority to fire leakers in the White House.

Scaramucci also suggested his often tense relationship with Priebus, the former chairman of the Republican National Committee, was similar to that of the Cain and Abel, the biblical brothers.

“If those two gentlemen have differences, my advice would be to sit down and settle your differences," Ryan said, speaking of the feuding Scaramucci and Priebus.

Ryan repeated that Priebus is "doing a great job as chief of staff" when asked if he should remain in the position.