President Trump tweeted on June 22 that he doesn't possess — and didn't record — tapes of his private conversations with former FBI director James B. Comey. Trump on May 12 floated the idea he had an audio record of their conversations, apparently as a way to try to intimidate Comey. “James B. Comey better hope that there are no 'tapes' of our conversations before he starts leaking to the press!” Trump tweeted. [Trump suggests there may be ‘tapes’ of his private conversations with former FBI director]In the weeks since, Trump, White House press secretary Sean Spicer and other top officials have repeatedly been pressed on whether the president had such “tapes” and whether he records private conversations in the White House. “Lordy, I hope there are tapes,” Comey said in his Senate testimony earlier this month.

Source: Washington Post June 22, 2017 17:10 UTC