Anthony Scaramucci Resigns From Tufts Board

SOMERVILLE, MA – Anthony Scaramucci has resigned from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy board of advisors at Tufts University, school officials announced Tuesday. The former White House communications director, a Tufts alum, threatened to sue his alma mater's school paper and one of its writers last week over a pair of op-eds criticizing Scaramucci's role on the board.

"This morning, Anthony Scaramucci informed The Fletcher School that he is resigning his position on the school’s Board of Advisors, effective immediately," Adm. James Stavridis, dean of the Fletcher School, wrote in an email. "We thank Mr. Scaramucci for his past service to Tufts and wish him well."

Scaramucci had served on the board at the Fletcher School since last year. Earlier this month, graduate student Camilo Caballero penned an op-ed in the Tufts Daily urging administrators to reconsider Scaramucci's board membership. Caballero cited Scaramucci's "profanity-laced comments" to The New Yorker about now-former Chief of Staff Reince Priebus, the Scaramucci Post poll about the Holocaust ("How many Jews were killed?") and said Scaramucci "sold his soul" for his 10-day stint in the Trump White House.

"A man who is irresponsible, inconsistent, an unethical opportunist and who exuded the highest degree of disreputability should not be on the Fletcher Board," Caballero wrote. He urged administrators to heed a petition signed by over 240 students, faculty and alumni calling for Scaramucci's removal from the board.

A lawyer representing Scaramucci sent a letter to the Tufts Daily and Caballero on Nov. 21 demanding a retraction and apology for the original Nov. 6 op-ed, as well as a follow-up column Nov. 13. The letter, signed by attorney Samuel J. Lieberman, claims several of Caballero's statements, including referring to Scaramucci as an "unethical opportunist" and "a man who makes his Twitter accessible to friends interested in giving comfort to Holocaust deniers," are "false and defamatory."

Caballero, a student at the Fletcher School, told the Boston Globe he believes Scaramucci is trying to use his wealth and power to intimidate him.

A Monday event at Tufts with Scaramucci was postponed until legal matters were resolved, the school said.

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