President Donald Trump's new communications director promised he would crack down on the illegal leaks coming from inside the White House.

Tuesday morning, he started cleaning house.

Insiders claim Anothony Scaramucci identified his first suspected leaker Tuesday — former White House assistant press secretary Michael Short — and dismissed him.

"Short's ouster is Scaramucci's first warning shot to White House aides who have been perceived as disloyal to the president. In an echo of Trump's not-so-subtle warning to Jeff Sessions about his status as attorney general, Scaramucci's vow to 'fire everybody' is a warning to staffers perceived as leakers," Politico reported.

In other words, this could be just the start of the shake-up heading towards Washington, D.C.

Speaking to reporters, Scaramucci said that he was "not doing an investigation. I'm just going to get the leaking to stop." He stressed that he had "the authority from the president to do that."

"You're either going to stop leaking, or you're going to get fired," Scaramucci warned.

The Trump administration has been troubled by numerous damaging leaks to the liberal media. The president has criticized the leaks and urged authorities to prosecute the illegal acts.

Scaramucci said Tuesday he did not know Short, but "the person who wanted me to fire him outranks me" and promised that the rest of the communications staff had "amnesty" as long as they "stop leaking."