So much for the “tapes.”
President Donald Trump tweeted Thursday that he did not make, nor does he have, recordings of his conversations with former FBI Director James Comey. He said he had “no idea” if any such recordings — which he previously suggested he could have — exist.
More than a month ago, Trump sent the tweet that started consistent speculation about whether he recorded conversations with Comey, who he abruptly fired. Three days after Comey’s ouster, and following a New York Times report that first revealed Comey’s accusation that Trump asked him for loyalty, the president tweeted that “Comey better hope there are no ‘tapes’ of our conversations before he starts leaking to the press.”
The White House then went more than a month without confirming or denying if the “tapes” existed.
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