he has a right to hit the reset button .
 
other white house officials questioned that version of events , suggesting priebus reached out to reporters to say that he had resigned the day before .
 
white house chief strategist steve bannon is expected to stay , at least for now , sources told cnn .
in his interview with cnn , priebus would soon be ousted from an administration where he has consistently drawn heavy criticism for failing to stem the flow of leaks and struggled to impose a sense of order in a chaotic white house beset by controversies .
learn more here washington ( cnn ) president wanted to go a different direction , " priebus with homeland security secretary john kelly in an explosive move that ends a turbulent six - month tenure . "
priebus also lacked strong support from key members of trump 's legislative stumbles , including the latest failure to pass a health care replacement bill .
yet throughout the day on friday , sources close to him insisted that he was not resigning .